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42nd YEAR, NO. 39. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROUNA FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1953 PUBySHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
State, County Officers
Investigate Forest Fires
E. M. Foreman, county forest'
ranger, says that he has asked the
State Bureau of Investigation and
the Carteret county sheriff's office
to investigate the forest fires which
ravaged the eastern part of the
county during the closing days of
April.
Mr. Foreman said that he believes
that fires were set, and he hopes
that the state and county offices
will be able to find the person or
persons responsible for the damage.
The forest ranger reports that a
survey of the burned area has re
vealed that 10,099 acres were
burned during the week of fires.
He estimates that the destroyed
timber was worth about $150,000.
The fires began April 24 near
Williston and were finally exting
uished by heavy rain which fell on
the night of April 30. The large
fire at Williston and another at
Smyrna were later joined by sever
al smaller fires which had sprung
up in Otway, Davis and Stacy. The
blazes formed one large fire
which, at its height, burned along
a line, from Otway to Stacy a few
miles north of US 70.
The fires were brought under
control after about three days but
they sprang up again April 29 with
renewed violence. During that af
ternoon, a dense cloud of billow
ing smoke hung over the area and
could be seen for several miles. The
flames which lit the sky that night
were plainly visible from Morehead
City and Beaufort.
Firefighters were hampered in
their efforts to fight the fire by
the nature of the terrain over
which it was burning. The pocosin
soil on the edge of the open
grounds would not suport the
weight of the heavy equipment nor
mally used in fighting fires. The
firefighting crews, aided by ma
rines from Cherry Point, were
forced to battle the fire by hand.
Only the .41 inches of rain which
fell on the night of April 30 put
an end to the blaze.
The large fire was one of several
which struck in the county dur
ing the week. During the first
four days of the fire period, fire
fighters were battling 12 fires in
different sections of the county.
Those in the eastern section of the
county joined to form the one large
blaze, and others near Harlowe
were eventually extinguished.
During tft'e fire period, all burn
ing permits were suspended be
cause of the dry woods and the dan
ger of more fifes, When rain fin
ally ended the threat, at least tem
porarily, the permits were restored.
Baptist Group
To Organize
The Newport Baptist mission
will be organized into a church at
3 p.m. Sunday in the Newport
school auditorium. The mission has
been under the sponsorship ol the
Davis Baptist church (or the past
18 months.
The Rev. D. B. Cummins of Tay
lors, S. C., has accepted a call to
the new church and will move his
family to Newport in the near fu
ture. The Rev. M. R. Hairc, pastor
of the Davis church, has been con
ducting services in the church's
temporary quarters on the second
floor of Howard's garage.
Since the formation of the mis
sion in November 1951, 55 mem
bers have joined the mission, 88
have enrolled in the Sunday school,
25 have enrolled in the men's
brotherhood and 17 have joined the
women's missionary society. Prayer
meeting and youth fellowship have
been conducted weekly.
Work has already begun on the
church which will cost approxi
mately $100,000. The church, lo
cated near the Newport school on
US 70. will be constructed of con
crete blocks with brick veneer. The
foundation has already been laid
and blocks have been placed up to
the first floor joist.
The two-story educational build
ing will be erected first. The first
floor will be used for worship, and
the second will be used for educa
tional purposes.
The 35 churches of the Atlantic
Baptist association are expected to
be represented at Sunday's organ
izational meeting.
Morcheod City-Beaufort
Draw Closed for Repairs
The highway draw bridge across
the Newport river between More
head City and Beaufort was closed
frir two days this week while re
pairs mare made to a (ear.
The bridge was closed to water
traffic both Tuesday and Wednes
day and was closed to highway traf
fic Wednesday from 9 a.m. to K
p.m.
Meetings Announced
Miss Martha Barnett. home
agent, has announced the following
home demonstration club meetings
for next week. Monday at 2 p.m.
the Atlantic club meets with Mrs.
Sterling Robinson. Monday night
at 7:30 the Wire Grass club will
meet with Mrs. David Merrill.
Miss Morehead City v
To be Selected Tonight
Nine girls will appear on the
stage of the Morehead City school
auditorium tonight in quest of the
Miss Morehead City beauty title
and the right to reresent Morehead
City in the Miss North Carolina
beauty pageant.
The girls who have entered the
contest are Evonne Smith, Tanya
Lindsey, Patricia Willis, Mary Lou
Norwood, Carolyn Laine, Judy Per
ry, Jean Morton, Peggy Miller and
Margie Guthrie. Several other girls
had planned to enter the contest
but were unable to do so.
The doors of the auditorium will
open at 7 p.m., and the Morehead
City school band will present a
concert beginning at 7:30. The
beauty pageant will begin at 8 p.m.
Grover Munden will serve as
master of ceremonies for the beau
ty contest and the intermission en
tertainment. A panel of three im
partial judges, who will select the
winner, will be announced before
the contest. None of the judges
will be a resident of Morehead City.
The contestants will be judged
solely on the basis of their appear
ance in evening gowns and bath
ing suits. Most such pageants us
ually include a talent contest, but
this has been eliminated from the
' Morehead City pageant.
I The winner of the contest will
received the title Miss Morehead
City and will also receive a $100
wardrobe. Two runners-up will
also be chosen by the judges. Miss
Morehead City and her court will
serve as hostesses to the contes
tants in the Miss North Carolina pa
geant which will be held July 15
17 in Morehead City.
During the intermission program,
Sal Palazzo will present several vo
cal selections, accompanied by Mrs.
Charles Hassell. The school band
will present a specialty number,
and Mrs. Theodore Phillips will
give a program of organ music.
Tickets for reserved seats at the
pageant may be obtained at the
Children's shop, 812 Arendell
street. Tickets will also be availa
ble at the door.
The pageant is being sponsored by
the Morehead City Jaycees who will
also play host to the Miss North
Carolina pageant. Sam Guthrie is
chairman of the committee in
charge of the pageant.
Newport Commissioners -
Study Accounting System
Albert Gaskill. Morehead City*
accountant, explained his proposed,
accounting system for the town of
Newport at Tuesday night's meet
ing of the board of town commis
sioners.
He recommended that the town
adopt a simple form of double-en
try bookkeeping which would al
low the town clerk to keep a close
check on the town's receipts and
expenditures.
Mr. Gaskill offered to set up such
a system at a cost of about $100.
He said that the total cost of set
rtiog up the system, including sup
plies, woqld be about $190. He said
that he would spend about two days
working with the clerk and ex
plaining the system and would also
help with any problems which
might arise after the system is in
effect.
The conmissioners agreed that a
bookkeeping system is needed by
the town. The only question was
in regard to who should set up the
system. The board voted to ask
Bob Montague. Newport account
ant. to present his ideas on the
subject. The meeting with Mr.
Montague was held last night.
The board passed an ordinance
making it unlawful to obstruct a
ditch in the town of Newport.
The board also voted to hire a
contractor to caulk the town water
tank which will not hold water.
The commissioners suggested that
the work be done as soon as possi
ble.
L. C. Bercegeay, representing the
veterans' housing cooperative, ask
ed that the town place restrictive
covenants on the land south of the
Nine-foot road near the new hous
ing project. He reported that the
FHA will not complete loans until
the restrictions are put into effect.
The board agreed to place on the
property the same restrictions
which apply to the land included
in the housing project The land
south of the road is being held in
trust by the town for the veterans.
At the request of the VA, the
board passed a resolution formally
accepting the streets in the hous
ing projeet and promising that they
will be given the same maintenance
received by other town streets.
Miss Edith Lockey, town- clerk,
reported that the highway commis
sion has expressed no interest in
re-assuming responsibility for'Main
street. The street was turned back
to the town when it was erroneous
ly listed among the streets to re
ceive Powell bill funds. The com
missioners voted to refund Powell
bill money received for the street
if the state will take it back into
the highway system.
Mayor Charles A. Gould, jr., re
ported that he has received the
forms for the annual Powell bill
report. He suggested that a new
map be made of the streets which
are to receive state aid. He also
urged that it be done as soon as
possible.
Bill Dugee. fire chief, reported
that the new bom purchased for
the fire alarm system is not as
represented by the manufacturer.
He said that the horn makes no
more noise than an automobile
horn and cannot be heard. He ask
ed that the town purchase an air
horn and compressor.
Present at the meeting wen
Mayor Gould, Miss Lockey. Chief
Dugee, Police Chief E. Ormsby
Mann, Commissioners S. Early
Mann, Charles Hill, M. D. McCain
and Edgar Hibbs, and Attorney
George Ball.
Festivities to Mark x
Atlantic Beach Opening
The summer season at Atlantic
Beach will be officially inaugu
rated tonight with the grand
opening celebration. The big
feature of the occasion will be a
dance at the Heart of the Reach
with Chuck Stevens and his or
chestra providing the music. The
da ace will begin at 8 p.m. and
will continue until midnight.
The warm weather this spring
has already brought weekend
crowds to the beach, and Mayor
Alfred |. Cooper says that indi
cations are that this will be oiie
of the biggeat-seasons in the his
tory of the resort.
Fisheries Group
Lauds Umstead,
R. B. Etheridge
The North Carolina Fisheries
association recently passed resolu
tions honoring the work of legis
lators who have worked on behalf
of the fisheries industry.
Singled out for* particular praise
were Governor William B. Um
stead and Robert Bruce Etheridge,
who was for 13 years director of
the Department of Conservation
and Development.
Citing Mr. Etheridge's SO years
of continuous state service, the
resolution reads, "During the 1953
session of the General Assembly
he was in the front line of those
forccs which looked to a better ind
more efficient fisheries administra
tion and which led the fight for
funds to enable the fisheries to de
velop in a more progressive and
more modern manner."
In their comments on Governor
Umstead. the association noted the
governor's support of constructive
"legislation which is aimed at the
protection and wise harvesting
of the marine products of North
Carolina."
The association also indicated
its support as "individuals and as
an agency" to the program of the
governor.
County Board
Names Judges
For Election
The Carteret county board of
elections this week named John T.
Conner of 2716 Arvon street and
Luther Norris of 2712 Homes drive
to be judges of the Morehead City
annexation election May 23.
The appointment of the judges
was made public by Fred R. Seeley,
chairman of the board of elections. |
Clyde Jones was named registrar |
for the election earlier.
The registration books closed last
Saturday after 162 residents of the
areas proposed for incorporation
into the city had registered.
The Morehead City board of com
missioners has proposed the annex
ation of the state property west
of Thirty-fourth street and south
of the railroid; the area west of
Twenty-fifth street between the
railroad and highway 70 to the
west limit of the state property;
and the area between Twenty-fifth
and Twenty-eighth streets north of
the highway to Calico creek.
If a majority of the registered
voters in the area cast their bal
lots for annexation, these areas will
be taken into the city; otherwise
they will not.
A public hearing on the question
was held at the city hall April 6.
At that time the city officials pre
sented their proposal to the resi
dents of the areas and promised
certain definite services for the
areas in the event they are an
nexed. y "
Leading the opposition to annex- 1
ation has been O. O. Fulcher. A
petition asking for a referendum
on the question and voicing op- j
position to the proposal was pre
sented at the public hearing by
Claud Wheatly, attorney for Mr.
Fulcher and others in the areas.
The petition was signed by 104
residents.
Registration and voting in the
election is restricted by state law
to residents of the area who are
qualified state and county voters.
No absentee ballots will be accep
ted in the election whic is being
completely managed by the county
board of elections.
The city has promised to give the
residents and property owners of
the area six kinds of service once
they are incorporated. These ser
vices iiiclude water mains for fire
hydMnU, street lights guaranteed
fire protectiorf, police protection,
j street maintainence, and zonin
and city planning.
In explaining the proposal Mayor j
George Dill has said, "Our primary
purpose is to insure the orderly
growth of Morehead City and only
secondary is the matter of tax rev
enue. This property will have to
be in the city several years before j
the gain in taxes will offset our im
mediate expenses in giving services j
to the area."
Many of .the residents of the
areas feel that the election will be
decided by a close vote. Tomor- 1
row is challenge day and the reg
istration books will be at the Clyde
Jones building on Arendell street
for any challenges.
Methodists Plan
Greenville Meeting
The Rev. I/eon Couch, pastor of
the First Methodist church of More
head City, has announced that all
Carteret county Methodists have
been asked to take part in a mass
meeting at 3:30 p.m. May 24 in
the auditorium of East Carolina col
lege, Greenville.
Bishop Edwin E. Voight of Aber
deen, S. D., will be the speaker at
the celebration which is a part of
the United Evangelistic mission
and will honor Pentecost and the
Aldersgate experience of John
Wesley which fell on the same date.
A mass choir of 500 voices is be
ing trained for the celebration and
will be augmented by the brasi lec
tions of many bands from eastern
North Carolina.
Morehead Port Enters New Era
With First Tobacco Shipment K
Crowds Observe.
Military Parade
Several thousand residents of
Morehead City saw military units
from Cherry Point, Camp Lejeune,
and Fort Bragg march in the an
nual Armed Forces Day parade
Wednesday morning.
The Morehead City high school
band, units of Cub, Boy and Girl
Scouts also marched in the parade.
Military units were a company
of the Second Engineers from
Camp Lejeune, a company from the
82nd Airborne division at Fort
Bragg, a group from the Navy fleet
tug Atakapa. and the Second Ma
rine Air Wing band from Cherry
Point.
Following the parade, the ma
ine band played a concert in front
of the city hall. Speeches were
made by Chaplain W. O. Swets
from Cherry Point and Mayor
George W. Dill, jr.
Special features of the d^y's
celebration were a landing of a
marine helicopter in front of the
city hall on Eighth street and the
Atakapa at the port terminal docks.
Other military exhibits were also
on display at the city hall.
The Atakapa will remaiin at the
port terminal until Monday. Visit
ors may look through the ship
Saturday and Sunday afternoons
from 1 until 5. The fleet tug is
205 feet long and is driven by
diesel-electric power developing
3,000 horsepower. It is now engag
ed primarily in towing surface gun
nery targets out of Norfolk for
gunnery exercises.
The Atakapa 's primary function
is towing, but it is equipped to
perform salvage work. Equipment
such as deep-sea diving gear and
beach gear is carried to facilitate
salvage work.
Commissioned December 8, 1944,
the Atakapa spent most of the war
taking tows on the west coast. In
activated in 1947, at Orjyige, Tex
'as, .1 remained In the reserve flr~t
ur.ol August 9. 195). It has a crew
of 89 men and three officers.
Leaders of the celebration ex
pressed disappointment that the
closing of the Newport river bridge
to automobile traffic reduced the
number of people who could come
to the parade. The bridge was
closed to traffic from 9 until the
early afternoon.
The parade started at 11 o'clock.
The helicopter landing was made at
9 o'clock.
Farm, Home Week
Program Planned
R. M. Williams, county farm
agent, has announced that the
Farm and Home week held each
year at State College will be held
June 8-11 instead of in mid-Augu?t
as has been the custom in other
years.
State college officials made the
change in the hope that more rural
people would be able to attend the
program at that time than if it
were held later in the summer. In
past years, it has been felt that the
time of the program prevented
many farm people from attending.
The program will include dis
cussions and demonstrations of in
terest to both farmers and their
wives. There will also be recrea
tion and entertainment for all who
attend.
Mr. Williams has urged all Car
teret county farm people who can
possibly do so to attend the four
day program.
Two hogsheads of tobacco swing up from the port terminal docks
to the hold of the Ludolf Oldendorff. Local stevedores* maneuver two
other hogsheads into position for the crane. The Oldendorff sailed
yesterday with the first export cargo in the history of the state port
terminal here. Photo by Jerry Schumacher
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Ronald Mason Elected
President of Jaycees
PMA to Begin >
Tobacco Survey
Measurement of tobacco acreage
in the cminfy. will begin WJfsdi^s
day, according to B. J. May, p: -
ductio.i marketing administrator
for the county. The measurement
is intended to insure that tobacco
farmers comply with acreage allot*
ments set by the PMA.
Those who have agreed to assist
with the measurement will be
trained at a school to be conducted
at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the edu
cation room of the county health
department in the court house an
nex, Beaufort.
Mr. May says that indications are
that additional help will be needed
for the program and has asked any
college or high school students
seeking summer employment to
contact him at the PMA office.
Community committeemen and
any others trained to determine ac
reage, will be responsible for field
inspection and measurement on
farms in the sections assigned to
them. Their work will be spot
checked by county committeemen.
Producers requesting remeas
uremcnt of tobacco acreage must
deposit with the county PMA com
mittee the estimated cost of re
measuring the acreage. The cost
will be 60 cents per acre with a
minimum of $5 per unit. A unit
is that acreage within the county in
which one person has the entire
interest or in which two persons
share the interest.
Policies on visiting a farm to
determine the disposition of ex
cess tobacco have been set by the
state committee. The producer will
pay the entire estimated cost of the
visit to check the disposition of
the acreage. The charges will be
set by the county committee.
Plans Set for Food Handling School
Plans are moving forward rapid
ly for the first annual food
handlers' school to be held June
2-4 at the Morehead City school
cafeteria, according to A. D. Ful
ford. sanitarian for the county
health department.
The school is being sponsored
by the health department in co
operation with the atate board of
health, the local restaurant indus
try and the North Carolina res
taurant association.
Among the outstanding authori
ties in the field of food handling
who will deliver lectures at the
school will be T. W. Minah, direc
tor of dining halls at Duke uni
versity. and M. M. Melvin, execu
tive secretary and vicr-praident
of the restaurant association.
Mr. Minah is a graduate of the
University of New Hampshire and
Cornell university. He holds de
grees in business administration
and hotel and restaurant manage
ment.
He has had wide experience as
a chef and steward in Boston, New
York and Philadelphia and his
served as a steward lor the Mun
son Steamship lines. During the
war, he was a commissary officer
in the Navy.
Mr. Minah has served as director
M. *. Melrla
of diniitg halls at Brown university
and now holds a similar position
at Duke. In his present capacity,
he is responsible for the serving
of 12,000 meals daily.
Mr. Melvin served for 20 years
with the North Carolina state
board of health. During that time,
he was chief sanitary engineer in
charge of restaurant sanitation.
He has been executive secretary
of the restaurant association for
the past six years. He has been
one of the leaden in the food
handling school program and has
conducted schools in almost every
county in the state in the last five
years.
The school will be the first of
its kind to be held in Carteret
county, although similar schools
have proven very successful in
other parts of the state.
Classes will be held twice daily
with the same material being cov
eral in both morning and after
noon sessions. This will enable all
restaurant workers to attend the
school.
Those who complete the course
will receive certificates and spe
cial awards will be given to those
business establishments with 100
pn cent i tali attendance
f Ronald Earl Mason was elected
president of the Beaufort Jayeees
at Monday night's election meet
ing. He will succeed Wiley Taylor,
jr., as president.
Other new officers of the club
are James Steed, internal vice-pres
ident; Vic Bellamah, secretary; and
Billy Davis, treasurer.
The new director's arc John
Jones, Tommy Potter, Jack Barnes,
Albert t' happell and Holdcn Ballou.
The officers will complete the
board of directors.
A. C. Blankenship was nomina
ted as state director.
The new officers will be installed
at a party June 6 at the Ameri
can Legion hut. There will be
dancing after the installation of
officers.
James Davis, Beaufort banker,
was the guest speaker at the meet
ing. He described the government s
savings bond program which is
celebrating it 12th anniversary. The
bonds began 12 years ago as "baby
bonds." Mr. Davis described the
differences in the various series
of bonds and described the var
ious aspects of the bond program.
Holden Ballou reported that 18
girls have entered the beauty pa
geant which will be held Wednes
day at Atlantic Beach. He said
that Robert L. Rose will furnish
a car for the use of the beauty
queen. Mr. Mason will serve as
| master of ceremonies fo the pa
geant, and Miss Betty Lou Merrill
is serving as directress.
John Evans, who has resigned as
football coach at Beaufort high i
! school, thanked the club for its
I assistance and cooperation during
I past football seasons. The club com
I mended him for his work with the
team.
Newport River Bridge
Closes to Boots June 2
The stale highway commission
this week announced that the
bridge over the Newport river be
tween Morehead City and Beaufort
will "be closed to navigation from
Tuesday, June 2, through Thurs
day. June 4.
The closure is nccessary in order
to make repairs to the elcctrical
system of the drawspan. This will
affect intracoasta! waterway traf
fic.
A detour channel. 12 feet deep
and 100 feet wide, is available via
Beaufort harbor hnd Gallants chan
nel. The two drawbridges over this
route each have a 60-foot horizontal
clearance.
Tide Table
Tides it Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW |
Friday, May 15
9:37 a.m. 3:46 a.m.
9:59 p.m. 3:42 p.m.
Saturday, May IS
10:24 a.m. 4:33 a.m. I
10:46 p.m. 4:29 p.m.
Sunday, May 17
11:13 a.m. 5:19 a.m. I
11:32 p.m. 5:20 p.m.
Monday, May 11
8:06 a.m. I
12:03 p.m. 8:12 p.m. |
Tuesday, May IS
12:20 a.m. 6:56 ajn.
12:30 p.m. 7:U PJS. |
Ship Is Delayed
By Unexpected
Tobacco Shortage
The sailing of the Morehead City
port terminal's first export trargo
was delayed until yesterday by an
unexpected shortage of tobacco.
J. D. Holt, manager of the port,
reported that the expert techniques
of the Stevenson and Young steve
doring supervisors made possible
the loading of more hogsheads of
tobacco on the Ludolf Oldendorff
than had been anticipated.
"We expected to have tobacco
left over in the warehouse, but on
Tuesday it became apparent that
we did not have enough stored in
the warehouse to fill the ship," he
commented.
An additional 150 hogsheads were
brought to the port Wednesday
and at the end of the loading there
was still room for aproximately
120 more hogsheads aboard the
frieghter. A total of 2,619 hogs
heads were loaded.
Mr. Holt said that the ship could
have sailed Wednesday afternoon
but was held over by the consigners
of the cargo on the off-chance that
export permits for even more hogs
heads could be obtained. These
failed to materialize.
The tobacco exports are the first
indication of a developing interest
in using the Morchead City port
as a two-way shipping point. Since
the first of March two other Ger
man freighters have discharged car
.goes of fertilizer materials over the
local docks.
Mr. Holt emphasized that an in
crease in storage facilities at the
ports is imperative in order to
achieve the maximum development
of the port facilities.
The Ludolf Oldendorff is one of
the newest ships in the revived
German merchant fleet. It was
launched at Lubeck. Germany, in
November of 1952. Capt. J.
Malek of the Oldendoiff is also
the youngest captain now comman
ding a German vessel.
In charter to the largest Ger
man cigarette manufacturer, the
Oldendorff brought a cargo WV"
spar to Wilmington. Del., and then ^
came to Morehead City to pick up
the tobacco. This was the first
time the Oldendorff has made an
Atlantic crossing. The 349-foot
ship requires 10 to 12 days to make
the trip.
While in Morehead City Capt.
Malek visited Homer A. Getsinger
of 2307 Arendell street. "This is
a very fine city," he commented,
"and 1 hope to be able to come
back."
Nineteen Enter *
Beaufort Contest
Miss Betty Lou Merrill, directress
ol the beauty pageant to select
Beaufort's entry in the Miss North
Carolina contest has announced
that 19 girls from Beaufort and
the eastern part of the county have
entered the contest.
The beauty contest, sponsored by
the Beaufort Jaycccs will be held
Wednesday night at the Heart of
the Bcach club, Atlantic Beach.
Girls from Beaufort who have en
tered the contest are Margaret
Bryant, Patsy Sadler, Bitsy Brooks,
Molly Hopkins, Emma Perry, Vick
ie Taylor, Ann Owens, Jackie Dick
inson. Kay Lewis, Ann Noe, Fay
Merrill, Peggy Dixon. Jean Taylor,
Mary Frazier Paul and Marie Webb.
Entrants from the eastern part
of the county are Ruth Wooten of
Marshallberg, Dolores Willis of At
lantic, Ina Russell of Harkers Is
land and Jean Lewis of Davis.
The winner of the contest will
be selected by a panel of judges
who will be named before the con
test.
A door prize, a completely instal
led television set, will be awarded
after the selection of the beauty
queen. Dancing will follow the pa
geant. Tickets for the pageant
may be obtained from any Jaycee
in Beaufort or Morehead City.
The winner of the contest will
represent Beaufort in the Miss
North Carolina pageant to be held
July 15-17 in Morehead City. She
will compete with girls sponsored
by Jaycee clubs from all parts of
the state.
The winner of the Miss North
Carolina contest will compete in
the Miss America pageant at At
lantic City, N. J.
Beaufort Residents Get
Final 1952 Tax Notices
Dan Walker. Beaufort town
clerk, has announced that final no
tices have been sent out to thoee
who have not yet paid their 1952
town taxes.
If taxes are not paid, the prop
erty will be advertised and sold. ' ;
Payment made after the property
is advertised will include the cat
of advertising.