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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Ar?MUIlSt. Morehead City Phone 6-4175 10* 42nd YEAR, NO. 40. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1963 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Jimmy Wallace Is Elected To High State Jaycee Office Jimmy Wallace of Morehead City was elected national director ot the Jaycees at the state conven tion this weekend in Asheville. The directorship is' one of three which serve as liaison between the local clubs and the national organi2ation. The other newly-elected directors are Bob Cust of Lexington and Jer ry Stockard of Raleigh. The de feated candidate was A. L. Mey land, jr., of Greensboro. Eugene C. Ochsenreiter of Ashe ville defeated Mike Harper of San ford for the post of state President. Mr. Ochsenreiter will succeed J .B. Brame of Durham. Dan Saieed of Greenville was elected vice-president for district nine which will include both the Beaufort and Morehead City clubs. The clubs were formerly in the eighth district, but a reorganization effective July 1 will put them in the ninth district. ^ Other new vice-presidents are C. Banks Finger of Franklin, district one; James Boyce Garland of Gas tonia, district two; Gene Herrin of Statesville, district three; Jack Sharpe of Kannapolis, district four; Bill Henderson of Reidsville, dis trict five; Dr. J. A. Jordan of Fayetteville, district six; Norman Suttles of Dunn, district seven; Julian Rives of Enfield, district eight; and Red Burganin of Will iamsston, district nine. Giezenbier awards went to the Asheville, Burlington and Spencer clubs. Th e awards are presented to the best club in a city with a population of from 10,000 to 25,000, with a population over 25,000 and with a population under 10,000. Charles Felix Harvey, III, of Kin ston received the community man of the year award as the most outstanding Jaycee in the state dur ing the past year. J. L. Wilkie of Shelby received the Browne award as the best re tiring vice-president. The Spencer club was honored as the best club organized within the past year. Carteret county Jaycees attend ing the convention were Paul Geer, jr., Jimmy Wallace, Si Adams, Paul Cordova, John Sokolosky and Jack ie Booth of Morehead City and A. C. Blankenship of Beaufort. The state executive committee will hold its first meeting in More head City July 18-19 after the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant. It ' was voted to hold the >954 pageant in Burlington. Quarterly board meetings will be held in Rocky Mount in August, l.umberton in November and Greensboro in February. The state convention will be held next May in Raleigh. The election of officers Sunday morning, climaxed the three-day session which opened Friday. One of the highlights of the convention was the awards banquet Saturday night. Besides the other awards mentioned above, clubs also re ceived awards for the projects which they had carried out dur ing the year. An award was made in each of the fields in which the Jaycces are active. Glee Club Gives Concert Tonight The Morehead City high school glee club and chorus will present their annual spring concert tonight at 8 o'clock in the school auditori um. Ralph Wade, director, has an nounced the following program to be presented at that time. The entire chorus will begin the program with The Spirit of Music by Bennett, accompanied by the band. Misses Velma Conway, Mary Laura Guthrie and Janice Ray Lew is will have solo parts. John Peel, an old English hunting song, ar ranged by Andrews, will be the sec ond number, followed by The Sleigh, a la Russe, by J<ounti. The girls' glee club will then present Trees, by Rasbach, Homing by Del Reigo, and My Hero, from the Chocolate Soldier. In the Gar den of my Heart, a duet, will be sung by Miss Conway and Billy Laughton. / The boys' glee club will begin their part of the program with the selection Erie Canal, an Ameri can Folk song, arranged by Bar tholomew. David Small has the solo part. Deep in my Heart Dear, their second selection is from the Student Prince, by Romberg. Let Us Break Bread Together, a white spiritual, arranged by Howorth, with solos by Miss Guthrie and Miss Lewis, will be their last number. James B. Willis Jr., will play for a piano solo. Prelude in G. Minor by Rachmoninoff. The entire chorus will sing the selections for the grand finale. Oh Susanna by Foster and Cain; Lover Come Back to Me from The , New Moon, by Romberg; Battle Hymn of the Republic, Howe, with David Small aa soloist. Accompanists for the chorus and glee clubs are the Misses Mary Lou Norwood, Ann Dardea Webb, Ann Garner, Corinne Bell Webb and Jamas B Willis. Jimmy Wallace Choral Club , Plans Revue The Beaufort Choral club will present a song, dance and piano re vue at the Beaufort school audi torium for three nights beginning June 3. All performances will be gin at 8 p.m. The show will contain original interpretations of all-time song hits by such composers as Victor Her bert, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Puccini and Si belius. Staged and directed by Mrs. Vir ginia Hassell, the revue will in clude 12 choral numbers, six piano duets and four song and dance pro ductions. The chorus of 50 voices has been working since February to prepare for the show. One of the high spots of the re vue will be an original three-scene adaptation from Jerome Kern's musical comedy, Roberta. Among the soloists to be fea tured in the revue are Sally Her ring, Betty Lou Merrill, Corinne Webb, Sal Palazzo, James Webb, Bobby Bell and George Stafford. This year's summer production by the choral club is being spon sored by the Beaufort Juniw Woman's club nnd the Band Boost ers* clubs of Beaufort and More head City. Tickets m?y be obtain ed from any member of the spon soring clubs. Last June's production, Parade of Stars, played to capacity audi ences for two nights. By popular request, an additional night has been added this year in order to ac commodate more people. ? Judy Perry * Wins Pageant Judy Perry of Crab Point was (elected as Miss Morehead City of 1953 at the beauty pageant held Friday night at the high school auditorium. The 18-year-old ECC student was selected from a field of eight contestants. Second place in the contest went to Margie Guthrie of Salter Path, Patricia Willis of Morehead City was third and Peggy Miller of Mansfield Park received honorable mention. Judges for the contest were Robert L. Rose of Havelock, Mrs. W. G. Manley, wife of the com manding general of the Cherry Point air base, and Mrs. DeHaven of Havelock. i The contestants were judged on the basis of their appearance in evening gowns and bathing suits, j They appeared first in evening : gowns and then in bathing suits, j After the bathing suit competition, five girls were selected as finalists, and the winner 4nd runnersup were chosen from among them. Other contestants in the pageant were Mm> Lou Norwood, Tanya Lindsey, Carolyn Laine and Evonne Smith. The winner was crowned and pre sented with a bouquet of roses by Grovcr Munden who served as mas ter of ceremonies for the pageant. She will also receive a $100 ward ! robe as her prize. Mr. Rose has i offered her a convertible car for her use during the Miss North Carolina contest. Miss Morehead City and her court will serve as hostesses to the contestants during the state pa geant which will be held July 15-17 in Morehead City. Before the pageant, the More head City school band presented a program of marches. During the in termission, Sal Palazzo sang sev eral numbers accompanied by Mrs. Virginia Hassell at the piano. Mrs. Theodore Phillips played tbe or gan during the contest. The pageant was sponsored by the Morehead City Jaycees who will be hosts to the Miss North Carolina pageant. Sam Guthrie served as chairman of the com mittee in charge of the pageant. High school students who served as ushers for the pageant were Maxine McLohon, Sue Conner, Ann Swanson and Corinne Bell Webb. Armed Forces Day Visitors View Cherry Point Planes Opening its gates to the public^ for the fourth annual Armed For ces Day, Cherry Point was host Sat urday to more than 11,000 guests, including local, state and national dignitaries, as marine aircraft and personnel gave demonstration of "Power for Peace." Featuring aerial demonstrations by marine warplanes, static dis plays and dozens of added attrac tions, Cherry Point welcomed citi zens from throughout Eastern Car olina for the yearly visit in con junction with the nationally-ob served Armed Forces Day. The day was especially signifi cant to marine airmen of Cherry Point and to aviators of the Naval service everywhere. Eleven years ago Saturday, the tiny airstrip that was later to become the world's lar gest marine air station was com missioned as Cunningham Field, and 32 years ago Naval aviation was born. Brigdier General William G. Manley, commanding general o( the Marine Corps air station, said in his welcoming address: The Marine Corps is proud of this op portunity to show what the marine air arm is contributing as an inte gral part of the armed forces pro gram power for peace." He then introduced some of the distinguished guests of the Air station. They included Congress man Graham A. Barden from this district; H. A. Herring, Dean of Duke University; Mayor George Dill of Morehead City; C. B. Barn bardt, city manager of New Bern; C. V. Rogers, president of the New Bern Chamber of Commerce; and Joseph A. Dubois, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce. Highlight of the day was the maas flyover by jet and propeller aircraft of the Second Marine Air Wing? 40 jet planes and 24 attack and fighter planes formed an im pressive air group. In the first wave of planes were 16 FSD Skyknight jet fighters led by the squadron commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Lowell D. Grow. The Skyknights were fol lowed by eight F9F Panther Jet fighters led by Major Robert F. See ARMED FORCES, Page 2 Morehead Bank Shifh Offices " Banking services at the First Citizens Bank and Trust company's Morehead City branch will be moved Thursday morning to the new addition at the rear ol the present building temporarily in order to complete remodeling of the bank offices and lobby. I. E. Pittman, cashier of the bank, reported that customers will find the entrace to the new addi tion on South Ninth street immedi ately behind Pender's grocery store. The remodeling of the main banking room will require about a month, Mr. Pittman said. "We will be a little crowded in our temporary quarters," he said, "but when the job is done we will have a bank with the space and equip ment to give our customers the finest service." The two-story addition which will be used temporarily will house the bookkeeping offices and storage rooms of the bank when the con struction is finished. The main banking room will be enlarged and completely equipped with new fur niture and equipment. The fix tures will feature walnut panels and stainless steel. The bank rooms will be air-con ditioned during the remodeling. New lights will also be installed. An architect's drawing of the interior of the banking room can be seen at the bank. Swim Specialist to Visit Producers in County R. II. Williams, county larm agent, has announced that J. K. Butler, swine secialist for the State college extension service, will be in the county Thursday to visit swine raisers and to discuss with them their problems. Mr. Williams says that any rais ers who wish the specialist to visit their farms should contact his of fice before Thursday. Power Stoppages Are Announced For This Week , Interruptions Needed To Improve Service, Company Reports The Carolina Power and Light company has scheduled power interruptions for this week, weath er permitting, George B. Stovall, district manager for the utility company, announced today. The principal stoppages will come Sunday from 5 to 6 a.m. and from 7 to 7:30 p.m. and will cut off power throughout Carteret county. This interruption is necessary in order to install a larger transform er at Cherry Point, Mr. Stovall ex plained. "Our load is increasing so fast and so constantly that we must put in a larger transformer at the Cherry Point station to serve the whole county," he said. A temporary connection will be made during the first Sunday stop page and then after workmen have completed their work on the trans former, the permanent connection will be made from 7 to 7:30 p.m. The other interruptions are Thursday, May 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. in Morehead City from Twen ty-fourth street to Thirty-third street; and Saturday, May 23, from 9 until 11 a.m. From Oyster creek east. The Thursday interruption will not affect the beach bridge or the Newport highway. Stacy, Sea level and Atlantic will be affected Saturday morning. The Thursday interruption will allow the power company to in crease the voltage on the western Morehead City lines from 2,300 volts to 13,000 volts. The interrup tion in the eastern end of the coun ty is necessary in order to relo cate power lines at the new Sealev el hospital. "I hope these will be the last power interruptions in Carteret county for sometime," Mr. Stovall said. He explained that the com pany was scheduling the interrup tions in the same week in order to take advantage of crews which are already here and to head off the heavy summer season loads. "These interruptions are abso I lutely necessary in order to give I the customers of this area the service we have promised them and which they are entitled to re-, ceive," Mr. Stovall continued. Preliminary work for the inter ruptions has been underway for several days. A short power in terruption in Morehead City Sun day morning was caused by a dif ficulty in switching during some preliminary work. | Mr. Stovall said that the power | company wished to thank its cus ! tomers or their cooperation in the past when power interruptions have oeen necessary and expressed the hope that Sunday's stoppage would be the last for many months. Earlier this month a power in terruption was called to enable the power company to increase the volt age in Morehead City lines east of Twenty-fourth street from 2,300 volts to 4,160 volts. That stoppage was made Sunday afternoon, May 3, from 1 until 3 o'clock. These service improvements are , a part of the program the Carolina Power and Light company has out lined for the old Tidewater power area which it took over last year, Mr. Stovall said. Newport Board x Hears Montague At a special meeting Thursday night, the Newport town board heard Bob Montague, Newport ac countant, offer his proposal for an accounting system for the town. Mr. Montague made much the same proposal as that made at Tues day night's regular meeting by Al bert Gaskill of Morehead City. Both men offered to set up a sys tem for the town and to assist the town clerk with any problems which might arise after the system is inaugurated. Mr. Montague estimated that he could do the work for about $SO-7S. Mr. Gaskill had estimated his price at $75-100. The board took no action on the proposals, but deferred a decision until the next meeting. The de cision was postponed in order to allow the commissioners time to consider both proposals. Beaufort Negro Charged With Embezzlement Loyal Hardesty, Beaufort Negro, was arrested yesterday morning on a warrant charging him with em bezzling $6 50 from William Chad Wick for whom he was acting as agent. The warrant was sworn out by Kearney Merrill, jr. Hardesty was arrested by Chief Carlton Garner of the Beaufort police department. He is free on $100 bond and will be tried today in municipal recorder's court. Horace (Honeybee) Jones of Harkers Island was arrested Satur day on charges of public drunkea ness and being a public nuisanee. He is being held in the county jail and will alio be tried today. Catch , Price Please Fishermen In Shrimp Seasons First Week < Beauty Pageant < Set for Tomorrow Beaufort's entrant in the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant will be chosen tomorrow night when 19 girls compete for the Miss Beau fort title in a pageant at the Heart of the Beach club, Atlantic Beach. Contestants from Beaufort in the pageant will be Margaret Bryant, Patsy Sadler, Bitsy Brooks, Molly Hopkins, Emma Perry, Vickie Tay lor, Ann Owens, Jackie Dickinson, Kay Lewis, Ann Noe, Fay Merrill, Peggy Dixon, Jean Taylor, Mary Frazier Paul and Marie Webb. ' Four girls from the eastern part of the county will round out the group of contestants. They are Ruth Wooten of Marshallberg, Do lores Willis of Atlantic, Ina Rus sell of Harkcrs Island, and Jean Lewis of Davis. The winner and runners-up will be chosen by a board of five judges. The judges will be Mayor George W. Dill, jr., of Morehead City, Robert L. Rose of Havelock, Grover Munden of Morehead City, Lt. Floreda B. Duke of the woman marine detachement at Cherry Point and Col. Donald Yost of Cherry Point. Wiley H. Taylor, jr.. past presi dent of the Beaufort Jaycces will serve as auditor for the judges and will compile the ballots. The bal lots arc the same which are being used throughout the country in pre limary contests for the Miss Amer ica contest. Ronald Earl Mason, president of the Jaycees, will serve as master of ceremonies at the pageant and Miss Betty Lou Merrill will serve as directress. The winner of the contest will represent Beaufort in the Miss North Carolina contest to be held July 15-17 in Morehead City. The winner of the state pageant will represent North Carolina in the Miss America contest in Atlantic City, N. J. Gordon Hardesty has announced that Mr. Rose has offered the win ner of the contest a car for her use during the Miss North Caro lina contest. A door prize, a completely in stalled television set, will be awarded after the crowning of the beauty contest winner. Dancing, to the music of Chuck Stephens' or chestra, will follow the contest and the awarding of prizes. Tickets for the pageant may be obtained from any member of the Morehead City or Beaufort Jaycees and will also be available at the door tomorrow night. The pageant is being sponsored by the Beaufort Jaycees, and Hoi den Ballou is chairman of the com mittee in charge of the pageant. State Ports Authority Satisfied with Progress Police Recover * Stolen Auto ? - Samuel Forechette of Minneapo lis, Minn., was arrested by highway patrolmen Saturday night only min utes after he had allegedly stolen an automobile on US 70 west of Morehead City. Patrolmen Robert H. Brown and William J. Smith were driving to ward Morehead City when they saw the car, a 1946 Buick sedan ap proaching them. The car was be ing driven without lights, and the officers turned around and stopped it. They, recognized the driver of the car as a man they had seen walking along the highway a few minutes earlier. Patrolman Brown then recognized the car as one which he had often seen parked be side the road near Cannon's boat yard. Forechette alleged admitted to the two officers that he had stolen the car a few minutes before they stopped him. The man was taken to the Morehead City jail where he was charged with larceny of a mo tor vchlcle, driving without lights and driving without a license. the stolen car was recovered be fore the owner had reported it stolen. The two officers spent sev eral hours trying to locate the owner, E. W. Chappell, Rt. 1, New port. Chappell had begun a search for the car after he found it was stolen instead of reporting the theft to the police. Forechette was recognized by Morehead City police officers as the same man they had, twice or dered to leave town last week. They had originally sent him out of town Friday morning after he had been pulled from the harbor the night before. Forechette returned to Morehead City that night and was again sent out of town Saturday afternoon. While he was being held on both occasions. Forechette al legedly admitted that he had spent some time in a sanitarium but gave no further information about his background. While awaiting trial yesterday in Morehead City recorder's court. Forechette repeatedly brought court proceedings to a halt as he rattled the doors of his downstairs cell and screamed for release. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, May 19 12:20 a.m. 12:39 p.m. 6:36 a.m. 7:11 p.m. Wedaetday, May 2* 1:13 a.m. 1:98 p.m. 7:46 a.m. 8:13 p.m. Thanday, May 21 2:07 a.m. 8:37 a.m. 9:11 p.m. 2:91 p.m. Friday, May 22 3:01 a.m. 9:26 a.m. 3:41 p.m. 10:08 pjB. ? With the export ot the first to bacco cargo ever to move through this harbor, the Morehead City port has laid the foundation for a ex port import traffic upon which to build its future growth as an in rrr . jingty important sea gateway, North Carolina State Ports Authori ty officials declare. The tobacco shipment to Eur ope which exceeded 2,500 hogs heads and was valued in excess of $1,500,000 supplements the imports of a sizeable tonnage of bulk fer tilizer materials which also made i local history when the first ships from Germany and Western Eur ope docked at the state-owned ma rine terminal this spring. The first tobacco ship was the S. S. Ludolf Oldendorff and it was loaded by lo cal dock workers and stevedores. "This first cargo of tobacco is of utmost importance to Morehead City and North Carolina as it will unquestionably go a long way to ward establishing our deep sea ter minal as a gateway for future ship ments," said J. D. Holt, terminal manager. This is the first season, Mr. Holt ed, th atttroehp ETAOIrikoh. explained, that the port has been able to make a serious bid for the tobacco export traffic. The $2,500, 0000 terminal was completed last summer and its main warehouses were immediately utilized by the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps. Too, freight rates with competing ports were out of line and have only re cently been adjusted to attract export leaf. Already in the early planning stage are additional tobacco and See PORTS, Page 2 Army Announces Order Revoking * Danger Zones The Army this week announced the revocation of danger zone ar eas in Pamlico Sound, Bogue and adjacent waters. The order be comes effective June 12. The zones include not only the sounds which were danger areas for Marine Corps operations, but also bombing areas in Bogue Sound and adjacent waters in the Atlantic. Notices have been posted at post offices in Beaufort, Southport, Morrhead City, Swansboro, Jack sonville. and Sneads Ferry. The boundaries of the former prohibited area in Bogue Sound and adjacent waters of the Atlan tic are as follows: A rectangular area beginning at latitude 34?42'12", longitude 76' 53'48 ', bearing approximately 330?, 2,030 yards from the spire south eastward of Rock Point; tbence to latitude 34*38'17", longitude 76* 53' 10", bearing approximately 180* 30', 6,140 yards, from the spire; thence to latitude 34*38*05", longi tude 76*54'55", bearing approxi mately 204*30', 7,150 yards, from the spire; thence to latitude 34* 42', longitude 76*55*35', bearing ap proximately 288*, 4,200 yards, from the spire; and thence to the be ginning point. Cedar Island - To Get Bridge The state highway commission to day advertised for low bids on 34 projects for 279.544 miles of road improvements and the building of five bridges. Included in the projects was a awing span bridge over the thor oughfare between Atlantic and Ce dar Island. Residents of Carteret j county have sought such a bridge for many years. The commission asked for engin eering approval to build the bridge last August. Another bridge, long the object of complaint, which will be replaced under the new pro gram is the Trent river bridge at New Bern. Thirty-five counties will partici- 1 pate in the contract letting. Con tracts will be let Wednesday, May 27, in the auditorium of the new highway building in Raleigh. Of the projects, eight will be fi nanced by the secondary road bond program and two others will be par tially financed by this program. The Cedar Island bridge is one of | the bond projects. Another of the projects calls for paving 7.8 miles of county road from Havelock southwest to the Craven county line; and a county j road from the Craven county line southeast to a junction with a coun ty road already paved. This pro ject is partially financed through the Dond program. One of the projects calls for the grading and paving on the relo cation of U. S. highway 301 for dual-lane construction one mile southwest of Fayetteville running 4.0 a point 1.5 miles from Rosnn. Lewis Presides Over Meeting Pritchard A. Lewis of Beaufort, grand maiter of the grand lodge of North Carolina. I OOF, is pre siding over the 100th annua) session of the grand lodge at Statesville. Mr. Lewis is the first member of Concordia lodge to serve as grand master of the Odd Fellows. He was elected at last year's meeting at Elizabeth City. The aeulon began Sunday and will continue until tomorrow. The Prltrhard Lcwti Rev. W. C. Clark of Wcaverville, deputy grand master, will be In stalled as grand master at tomor row's cloaing session. Attending the meeting from Car teret county arc J. E. Pearson of Morehead City, grand chaplain; Ce cil Harrell of Beaufort, grand mar shall; O. W. Wininger of Newport, | district deputy grand master; and I Earl Noe of Beaufort, past district deputy grand master. Hospital Trustees Give _ Contract to Blanchard At a meeting Friday afternoon, the trustees of the Morehead City hospital awarded a contract for air conditioning the operating and de livery rooms to R. C. Blanchard of Morehead City. Mr. Blanchard's bid was the low est of three submitted. Unsuccess ful bidders were Gates Refrigera tion service and Sound Appliance company, both of Morehead City. The contract calls for a five-tan unit in the operating room and a two-ton unit in the delivery room. The work li to be completed within 30 days-a ? Carteret county shrimp fishermen have been generally well pleased by the opening week of the shrimping season, fisheries leaders reported today. The season was opened early last Monday morning on the order of George Ross, director of the Department of Conservation and Develop ment, and C. D. Kirkpatrick, commissioner of the commercial fisheries division. The conservation board had left the opening of the season at their discretion with advice from the Institute of Fisheries Research. The shritnping season was opened early in order to allow fishermen to catch the brown spotted shrimp which is primarily nocturnal in its ?habits. The shrimp was first dis covered by the institute in 1950. By the end of last week the shrimp eatch had improved and the catch was running 35-45 shrimp per pound with the price averaging 30 cents per pound to the fishermen. W. A. Ellison, jr., director of the institute, described the opening of the season as good. | The feeling of most fisheries leaders is that the price on the shrimp may rise from its present starting point. This year's price at the opening, however, marks an advance of almost 50 per cent over the 20 cents per pound figure last year. A general shortage of shrimp throughout normal shrimping areas is credited with the higher price here. The brown spotted shrimp nears maturity in the spring and starts ! its migration to the sea around the middle of May. It is during this time that they may be caught in commercial quantities in Bogue, [Core and the lower end of Pamlico sounds. Fishermen estimate that the night shrimping has added $250,000 to the income of coastal fishermen each year since the season was first opened in 1951. Normally in prior years the shrimp season was open ed July 1 and continued through December 31. The brown spotted shrimp is one of three species in North Carolina waters. The others are the brown shrimp and the white shrimp. These are not usually taken in com mercial quantities until later in the j season. The institute's research has shown, Mr. Ellison reports, that the brown spotted shrimp not only ap pears in state waters ahead of other species, but that it is nocturnal in habit and can be caught in substan tial quantities only at night. It is transitory in nature ?iid remains in North Carolina waters for a rela tively short time, ordinarily depart ing about the first of July. It reap pears in substantial quantities in the fall of the year but only for a short time, he added. Present regulations permitting day and night shrimping except on Sunday will remain in effect until the next meeting of the conserva tion board which is scheduled for Morehead City in July* Perry Leaves Fori Macon Lack of stale funds (or further restoration at Fort Macon has brought to an end the work of Mil ton F. Perry, curator of the res toration project for the past 14 months. Mr. Perry has accepted a similar position with the museum of the 1 West Point Military Academy. He left Monday to lake up his new duties. Under the program of research 3 initiated by Mr. Perry, many rec ords and objects of museum inter est were found and placed in dis play cases throughout the fort Prior to coming here, he had served for several years with the Williams- J burg restoration project in Virgin >? During the past season 113,677 persons visited the fort and its museums. Another change in the Fort Ma con park staff is the appointment of A. T. Pierce of Coolemee as superintendent of the park replac ing W. D. Starr. The beach resort operated under the supervision of the state park division attracted 298,194 persons last season. According to state park officials the Fort Macon state park drew the largest attendance of any state park in North Crolina last year. At- .1 tendance at the 13 state parks last year was 167,392 larger than dur ing the 19S1 season. Fort Macon was a part of the coastal defenses of the country through the second world war. In 1862 it was captured by Union forces after the defending Con federate troops were attacked from land and sea. Stat* College Alumni To Meet Tomorrow H. W. Taylor, director of the State college alumni association, will speak at a meeting of alumni tomorrow night at the civic center J in Morehead City. H. S. Gibbs, jr., president of the alumni club in Carteret county, has urged all State college alumni to AM attend the meeting.
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