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42nd YEAR, NO. 43. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
New Morehead Board at First Meeting
The recently electe^Wl*bers of the Morehead CHy town board watch as George W. Dill, jr., takes his
oath as mayor from A. H. James, county clerk of the superior court. The commissioners were sworn in at
the same meeting. T)ie men are from left to right Ted Garner, Dr. John Morris, D. G. Bell, Mayor Dill,
Mr. James, S. C. Holloway, and D. J. Hall. Photo by Jerry Schumacher
Charles Stevens
Freed by Jury *
Charles W. Stevens, Beaufort at "*
torney, was acquitted on a charge !
of driving while" under the influ
ence of alcohol after a four-hour
trial Monday afternoon in More
head City recorder's court. The
jury of five men and one woman
returned the not guilty verdict af
ter about ten minutes of delibera
tion.
1 Stevens had been arrested April
6 after the car which he was driv
ing was involved in an accident
with a ear driven by J. C. Harvell
of Morehead City.
Harvell testified that he was driv
ing east on US 70 at about 35 miles
per hour at the time of the acci
dent. He said that he saw the
pther car approaching him in a nor
mal manner. He said that just as
it reached him it crossed the road
and struck the side of his car.
Harvell said that he obtained
the license number of th? other
car and then called the police. He
then went up to Stevens who had
stopped further west along the
highway. He said that Stevens'
firt words' were, "What happened?"
He said that Stevens apologiied
for hitting him and offered to pay
for the damages. He said that the
lawyer then turned his car around
and drove back to where he had
stopped. Harvell said that he did j
not remember whether or not Stev- ;
ens asked if anyone had been hurt.
The witness told the court that
Stevens had difficulty in walking
and talking and that he had a
strong odor of alcohol on his
breath. When asked if he had
an opinion as to the defendant's
condition, Harvell replied, "If ev
er I saw a drunk man, he was
drunk."
Under cross examination by Har
vey Hamilton, jr., one of two de
fense attorneys, Harvell said that
he did not know how far over the
white line Stevens came to hit
his car. He again said that he be
lieved the defendant was drunk
at the time of the accident.
Highway Patrolman W. J. Smith,
who arrested Stevens, said that he
arrived at the scene about 30 min
utes after the accident. He said
that Stevens staggered as he came
toward him and had a strong odor
of alcohol on his breath.
He said that he examined the
scene of the accident and deter
mined from the debris on the
road that the accident had occur
red on Harvell's side of the white
line. He admitted that it had been
raining but denied that the rain
had been hard enough to wash
the debris to the side of the road.
He said that he arrested Stevens
and that he and Patrolman Brown,
who had arrived at the scene,
brought Stevens to the Morehead
City police station. He said that he
did not ask Stevens how much he
had had to drink.
Smith said that Stevens was
See BEAUFORT LAWYER, Page 2
Power Interruption
Set Sunday Morning
Electrical power to all of Car
teret county will be cut off Sun
day morning from 5 to 5:30,
weather permitting, George B.
Ktovall, district manager for the
Carolina Power and Light com
pany, announced today.
The power interruption is
necessary in order to install a
larger transformer at the Cherry
Point station of the company to
supply its continually increasing
power load in Carteret county.
Mr. Ktovall reported that all of
the work scheduled for other in
terruptions has been successfully
completed.
%
Rules Announced
For State Park *
A. T. Pierce, ranger at Fort Ma
con state park, has announced the
regulations for the summer season
at the park which will open Mon
day if lifeguards and park person
nel arrive in time to put the bath
house and concession stands in
shape for operation.
The ranger said that the bath
house will be open from 8 a.m. to
6 p.m., the picnic area from 8 a.m.
until 10 p.m. and the fort from
8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Mr. Pierce said
that there may be some changes in
the schedule, but they will be an
nounced in advance.
Rules for the park arc as fol
lows:
1. Speed limits will be 25 miles
per hour on the road and 15 miles
per hour in the parking lots.
2. No parking will be allowed
except in parking areas.
3. No parking will be allowed
in the park after hours, especially
in the fort area.
4. No dogs or pets of any kind
will be allowed unless on a leash
less than six feet in length.
5. No alcoholic beverages will
be allowed in the park.
6. No motor vehicles will be al
lowed on the beach it any time.
7. No swimming or picnicking
will be allowed except in desig
nated areas.
8. No fires will be allowed ex
cept in places provided for them.
10. No flowers or shrubbery are
to be picked or broken.
11. No paper or garbage is to
be thrown from cars.
12. Fishing will be permitted
except in swimming areas.
Ranger Pierce says that all rules
will be strictly enforced and has
asked those who use the park to
observe them for their own safety
and that of others.
Food School *
Response Good
A. D. Fulford, sanitarian for the
county health department, says that
he is pleased with the response
to the food handlers' school which
will begin at 9:30 Tuesday morning
in the cafeteria of the Morehead
City school.
Mr. Fulford says that he has con
tacted the owners, managers and
personnel of the county's eating
places and reports that they have
all shown great interest in the
school.
The sanitarian said that most
restaurant operators have said that
they will send all, or at least some,
of their employees to the food
school.
The school is be?ng sponsored by
the county health department in
cooperation with the state board
of health, the local restaurant in
dustry and the North Carolina Res
taurant industry and the North
Carolina Restaurant association.
The purpose of the. school is to
improve health through better san
itation in food handling.
Classes will include lectures by
outstanding authorities in the fields
of sanitation and food handling
and the latest in educational mov
ies.
There will be both morning and
afternoon sessions with the same
material .being covered at each
session. The two sessions will
allow everyone to attend the school.
Certificates will be presented to
those who complete the course, and
special awards will be given to es
tablishments with 100 per cent
staff attendance at the school. Door
prizes, donated by local businesses,
will be awarded at the school.
Tuesday s class will cover bacter
iology for food handlers with W. A.
Broadway, district sanitarian for
the state board of health as the
principal speaker.
W. T. Minah, director of dining
halls at Duke university, will be
the main speaker at Wednesday's
class on good methods assure safe
food. M. M. Melvin, executive
secretary and vice-president of the
North Carolina Restaurant associ
ation, will speak at the final session
on proper dishwashing.
Other speakers at the school will
be Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, county
health officer; Ray M. Connor, E.
J. Willis. J. S. Canady and N.
McK. Caldwell, all of the state
board of health; and Mr. Fulford.
Mayor George W. Dill, jr., of
Morehead City will welcome the
students at the opening session on
Tuesday. The Rev. Dr. John H.
Bunn, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Morehead City, will give
the invocation.
The school is the first of its
kind to be held jn Carteret coun
ty.
The school is open to all restau
rant managers and employees,
school lunchroom employees, cooks
in private homes, home economics
students and all other; interested
in food handling methods.
Youth, 13, Rescues Buddies
ing, Gordon said; but then he star-'
ted going under and they had to
swim to him to pull him out. Dick
is the son of llr. and Mrs. Charles
Canfield.
Gordon nude his first rescue
six years ago when he was able to
pull his brother, who was then
three, out of the water after he
fell in. The brother jumped for
a sailboat tied to a dock near the
site of the new beach bridge, but
missed the boat and the current
pulled him under. Gordon reached
his brother in about three minutes
ind rescued him.
"We didn't give him artificial
respiration, because we didn't know
how," he said, but a doctor who
itteaded the child reported that
A 13-year-old Morehead City
youth is becoming a specialist in
saving the lives of his playmates
while swimming in Bogue Sound.
Last week he made his third life
saving effort.
Gordon Patrick, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter S. Patrick of 2100
Arendell street, rescued Dick Can
field last Thursday after Dick step-'
ped into the hole dredged out
before the menhaden boat w SI
launched at the foot of 'Twenty
third street.
With the help of David Ellis Wil- i
lis, Gordon managed to pull Dick
out of the hole. Dick was wearing i
a mask with a (lass front and at I
tint the boys thought he was Jok- i
in carrying him home most of the
water had been forced out of his
lungs.
Earlier this month, Ray Adams,
eight, stepped into another part of
the sound which had been dredged
out and was saved by Gordon after
a similar pause because the boys
thought Ray was joking.
A former scout who made his
second class badge. Gordon will be
in the eighth grade at the More
head City school next year. He
feels \%ry strongly about dredged
holes in Bogue Sound and says that
the city should either furnish a
swimming pool for boys and girls
or set aside a part of the sound
which i* reasonably safe for them
,to ose.
Barms Given *
Morehead City
Paving Contract
Kinston Company's Bid
Accepted for Paving
Fisher, Sunset Drive
The Morehead City town board,
at a meeting Monday afternoon,
awarded the Barrus Construction
company of Kinston a contract to
pave Sunset Drive, part of 4th
street and part of Fisher street.
The Barrus company's bid was
the lowest of three submitted. Bar
rus asked 85 cents per square yard
for subgrading and paving the
streets, B. Towles Construction
company of Wilmington asked
$1.30 per square yard and F. D.
Cline Paving company of Raleigh
asked $1.40 per square yard.
The Barrus company already has
its equipment in the Morehead City
area where ,it is doing work for
the state highway commission. The
presence of the equipment made
it possible for the company to of
fer such a low price and also made
it possible for work to begin im
mediately.
The sections to be paved are
all of Sunset drive, 4th street from
Bridges to Fisher and Fisher from
4th to 11th. Work on Fisher street
began late Monday afternoon and
was completed Tuesday. Work on
Sunset drive began Wednesday.
Mayor George W. Dill reported
that he had contacted the A&EC
Ry. with regard to paving the
railroad crossings on Arendell
street. He said that railroad offi
cials told him that they plan to lay
new track along Arendell street in
the near future and do not wish
to pave the crossings until after
the new track is in place.
The board directed J. V. (Hooty)
Waters, street superintendent, to
prepare specifications for curbs
and gutters along town streets. The
specifications will then be turned
over to property owners who wish
to install their own curbs. Only
curbs which meet the specifica
tions may be installed.
Commissioner D. J. Hall asked
that the board take some action
to enforce regulations regarding
bicycle riding. He said that some
of the children riding bicycles in
town are dangers to themselves and
motorists. It was decided to check
with the highway patrol on thexeg
ulations .governing the operation
of bicycles.
It was decided to begin
prosecution of all those who fail to
comply with ordinances relating to
disposal of garbage. Commission
er Ted Garner reported that he
has received several complaints
about people throwing garbage into
neighbors' yards instead of placing
it in the covered containers re
quired by law.
Union Service *
Plans Announced
The churdies of Morehead City
and the Morehead City Junior
Chamber of Commerce will joint
ly sponsor a fifth Sunday union
Rev. XL C. Macqueen
service Sunday night at 7:30 in the
Morehead City school auditorium.
Speaking at the union aervice
will be the Rev. M. C. Macqueen.
pastor of the Graves Memorial
Presbyterian church of Clinton.
This is the third fifth Sunday
service which the Jaycees have
joined in sponsoring. The services
feature an outstanding visiting
minister.
Mr. Macqueen is well known
throughout North Carolina for his
civic and religious activities. He
has been instrumental in organiz
ing' several Alcoholics Anonymous
groups in recent years. He la also
a widely respected revival speaker.
A native of South Carolina, Mr.
Macqueen is a graduate of Davidson
college and the Union Theological
Seminary in Richmond. Va. After
a six-year pastorate in Alabama, he
became pastor of the Clinton
church in 1038 and has remained
there since that date.
Leaders pf the union aervice
urge local residenta to attend the
service and point out that in view
of the summer weather men should
leave tbeir coats at home.
Camp Glenn School Low Bids
Awarded; Total Is $196,433
X.
Beaufort Redeems
$20,562 in Bonds
The town of Beaufort will re
deem 35 of its interest funding
bonds July 1 this year, it was an
nounced Monday night at a spe
cial meeting of the town board.
The 35 bonds were chosen by lot
and range in value from $13.75 to
$1,162.50. The total value of the
bonds to be redeemed is $20,562.25.
After this year $11,238.11 worth
of bonds in the interest funding
issue will remain outstanding and
the town plans to redeem this July
1, 1954, when they come due.
Under the law, the town is re
quired to give 30 days notice of
its intention to redeem the bonds
and such notice has been sent to
the bondholders.
A report from the committee ap
pointed to canvas the ballots in the
May 5 municipal election was heard
and approved. The resignation of
Dr. W. L. Woodard from the board
was announced. He was defeated
in his bid for re-election in the
election.
Dan Walker, town clerk, reported
that the total real and personal
property tax valuation in Beaufort
for 1053 was $2,721,230. In out
lining municipal sources of reven
ue for the coming year, Mr. Walker
listed real and personal taxeflt based
on the valuation at $54,424/?r poll
taxes, $461; dog taxe&, $166; and
sewer service charges, $2,544.60. j
This would give the town a total
revenue from these sources of
$57,596.20.
In line with its past experience,
the town will base its budget on
an expected 90 per cent collection
of these taxes and charges giving a
budget income figure from these
sources of $51,804.58.
The board will hold its regular
meeting next Monday night in the
town hall. Those attending the
special meeting were Mayor L. W.
Hassell, and Clifton Lewis, Math
Chaplain, Carl Hatsell, and James
Rumley, commissioners.
City Holds Door Open
For Westward Growth
In an interview this week, George*
W. Dill, jr., of Morehead City said
that 'the door is always open for
any group of citizens west of the
present city limits who want to
come into the city." '
Referring to the possibility that
some of the citizens in parts of the
areas which last week voted not to
be annfted migljt want to come
into the town, Mr. Dill said that
the town would have to wait at
least 12 months for another elec
tion on the same proposed areas,
but a change in the boundaries of
the proposed areas would be in ef
feV* new proposal.
fhe town board is cognizant of
the fact that the only direction in
which Morehead City can grow is
west and northwest," he said. "We
will always hold the door open to
any reasonable proposal."
In discussing the town's growth,
the mayor pointed out that in the
near future the town must buy
property and construct a second
fire station. "We can't do this in
telligently," he said, "until we
know exactly what the size and
shape of the town will be."
In the event any area should be
added to the town, Mayor Dill re
ported that the city's first step
would be to make a survey of the
area to plan for the most efficient
fire and police protection, fire
alarm box placement, street main
tenance, garbage disposal, zoning
and city planning. Immediate steps
would be taken to protect existing ,
streets and a drainage survey would
be made to plan future street de
velopment. "Within 12 months any
area added to the city would have
satisfactory streets," the mayor
said. With respect to police pro
tection, Mr. Dill commented that
police protection is as close as the
nearest telephone for any resident
within the city limits.
The mayor indicated that in his
opinion one of the most important
aspects of city planning for More
head City at the present time is the
protection of property values after
highway 70 is relocated.
"We cannot zone on the north
side of the new highway, and there
fore we cannot control the type
of construction and business which
will use the property," he said.
"The effect of this will be to deval
uate property on both sides of the
highway."
The only way this property may
be zoned and values protected is
for it to be incorporated into the
town, he indicated.
X
Directors Approve
New Store Hours
The board of directors of the
Morohead City merchant! associa
tion decided at' a meeting Monday
that member stores should remain
open on Wednesday afternoons and
close Friday nigbts. They baaed
their decision on the results of
a mail vote taken last week.
Members of the association vo
ted 14-8 to continue the Wednesday
afternoon store hours which were
begun a few we<-Jka ago. They vo
ted 13-7 to clofef^j 3:30 p.m. on Fri
days instead of at 8 p.m. as they
have been doing. Three members
favored staying open Saturday
nights.
The vote was taken after several
members of the asaociation said
that they did not believe that the
Wednesday afternoon and Friday
night hours were successful.
Jaycees Vote -
To Aid Program
The Beaufort Jaycees, at their
meeting Monday night, voted to do
nate $100 to the summer recrea
tion program for the Beaufort
school children. The club also voted
to donate $150 toward the purchase
of new uniforms for the school
b??:d. f
W Key Taylor, jr., out-going pi evi
dent of the club, reported that the
club has spent almost $20,000 for
the athletic program at the school
during the past two years.
A. C. Blankenship, the club's
state director, reported on the re
cent state convention in Asheville.
He also informed the club that the
next state board meeting will be
held in August in Rocky Mount.
It was reported at the meeting
that the recent Miss Beaufort beau
ty pageant was a great success. The
club voted to thank the NEWS
TIMES, Miss Betty Lou Merrill,
WMBL and Jerry Schumacher for
their efforts in making the pageant
a success.
The club has asked each civic
organization to send a representa
tive to a Beaufort Historical com
mittee which will select the sites
for historical markers to be erect
ed by the club.
The club voted to assist the Beau
fort Choral club with its summer
revue which will be presented next
week in the school auditorium.
President Taylor thanked the
members of the club for their co
operation during the past year.
Beaufort Rotary Club *
Hoars Story of Trip
N. F. Eure described his recent
(rip through Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Georgia at Tuesday
night's meeting of the Beaufort
liolary club.
Mr. Eure described the var
ous universities and engineering
projects which he and his son visit
ed on the trip.
Federal Defense
Funds Allocated
For Construction
A Kinston construction firm won
the low bid for the general con
struction on the new Camp Glenn
school with a bid of $151,525. The
total construction cost will be
$196,433.90.
Other low bids were awarded to
Robbing Electrical company of
Rocky Mount for the electrical in
stallations. $6,38& Williford Plumb
ing company of Wew Bern for the
plumbing. $15,679; and J. T. Pear
son of New Bern for the heating.
$11,728. O. L. Shackleford and com
pany won the construction bid.
These actual construction bids
amount to $185,315. The remainder
of the total cost is the architect's
fee. The firm of Stevens and
Stevens in New Bern has done the
architectural work on the school.
H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of
the county schools, reported that
the Federal government has al
loted $186,146 for the Camp Glenn
school. The bids and final report
on the project have been sent to
the Office of Education of the gov
ernment for final approval.
A spokesman for the architect's
firm said that preliminary work
on the construction would start
within 10 days after the bids are
approved by the contract. Actual
construction of the building will
take about 12 months.
The government funds were
given to Carteret county as a part
of the fedeial aid to areas that
were heavily affected by the en
largement of the defense establish
ment.
A total of $307,000 was given to
the county. The remainder of these
funds were used for the additfen
to the Newport school which is now
under construction.
The county school board decided |
to concentrate the remainder of
the funds on the Camp Glenn
school after government officials
vetoed funds for a plan which
would have distributed the money
throughout the school system The
spet alii* Avith the -Mice of Edu
cation found the Camp Glenn
school the most over-crowded and
affected by the defense area prob
lem and urged that all the remain
ing funds be used there. This
course was followed by the school
board.
The school will be built with only
one floor. It will contain 16 class
rooms, 10 grammar and six pri
mary, a general purpose room and
cafeteria combined, library, clinic,
offices and boiler and storage
rooms. Its location will be back
of the present school and its main
entrance will face toward the pro
posed location of highway 70 by
the railroad tracks.
Mr. Joslyn said that while the
school would not be completed in
time for use in the next school
year, it "might be used for the 1954 j
commencement."
Tide Table
Tide* it Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, May 29
8:26 a.m.
8:45 p.m.
2:38 a.m.
2:28 p.m.
Saturday, May 30
9:08 a.m.
9:29 p.m.
3:20 a.m.
3:11 p.m.
Sunday, May 31
9:55 a.m.
10:15 p.m.
4:03 a All.
3:59 p.m.
Monday, June 1
10:43 a.m.
11:06 p.m.
4:48 a.m.
4:52 p.m.
Tueaday, June 2
11:36 a.m.
11:59 p.m.
5:36 a.m.
5:50 p.m.
Drowning Victim 's Body *
Recovered at Ocean Ridge
The body of Pfc. Harold Weiner,
20, of Cherry Point, who drowned
Sunday afternoon off the Ocean
Ridge section of Atlantic Beach,
was recovered early Tuesday morn
ing.
The body, which had apparently
washed ashore during the night,
was discovered by Miss Nancy Ann
Wright of Raleigh, who notified the
Fort Macon Coast Guard base. The
Coast Guard then called Coroner
Leslie D. Springle.
A key in the pocket of the ma
rine's bathing trunks led the cor
oner to a rented locker where the
marine's clothing and identification
were found. The marine bad been
missing since Monday morning
when he was due to report back to
his base after weekend liberty.
The discovery of the body put
an end to the myitery of whether
or not anyone had actually drowned
at the beach Sunday afternoon.
Several person* said they taw a
man or boy apparently in trouble
near a raft off Ocean Ridge, and
Dr. J. O. Carson of Raleigh swam
out to assist him. He said that the
man went down just before he :
reached him.
While the doctor was attempting
to assist the drowning man, other
witnesses called the coast Guard
who brought a boat to the scene.
The boat crew picked up the doc
tor but could find no trace of the
missing man.
There were no clues to the iden
tity of the apparent victim, and no
body was reported missing. A
concession stand on the beach said
that one of its rubber rafts was
missing.
Coast Guard authorities at Fort
Macon ordered a patrol of the
beach after each high tide in the
hope that the victim's body would
wash ashore.
The marine was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nathan Weiner. 134
Tompkins avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Nobody Bids
On New Bridge
At Cedar Island
The state highway commission
has announced that it has received
no bids on the proposed construc
tion of a new bridge over the
thoroughfare between Atlantic and
Cedar Island. _ V
The swing sjtaijM raw bridge to re
place the prcseflKdraw^was one of
33 projects on wnfch TOe commis
sion had called for bids. The bids
were opened Wednesday and will
be reviewed at a meeting today.
The highway commission ha& not
yet indicated whether it will again
call for bids on the project or do '
the work itself.
The McMeekin Construction com
pany of Cheraw. S. C . was low bid
der on the proposed new bridge
across the Trent river at New Bern.
The company will do the work at
a cost of $844,195.70. The bridge
will replace the present highway
bridge which has Ion* been called
unsafe for traffic.
The Barrus Construction com
pany of Kinston was low bidder on
a paving project ifi Carteret and
Craven counties. Barrus bid $50.
007.50 on 7.8 miles of paving on a
county road from Havelock south
west to the Craven county line and
on a county road from the Craven
county line southeast to a junction
with a paved county road. '
The highway commission re
ceived bids totaling $4,911,616.45
for the 33 road projects in 35 coun
ties The work includes 279.544
miles of paving and the building of
five structures.
Of the 33 projects, nine will be
financed by the secondary road
bond program, and one other will
be partly financed by this program.
The total low bids were more
than $600,000 below the highway
commission estimates. There were
87 bids received on the 33 projects.^
Rescue Attempt ,
Proves Fatal
A report from the NEWS-TIMES
correspondent in Feletier says that
Edna Anise Bright, 15. daughter of
Mhflfrnd Mrs Woodrow Bright,
droned Sunday afternoon while
att rescue Kenneth Saw
rey, fljf^Xroner Leslie D. Sprin
gle hpa earlier reported that the
jfirl drowned while teaching her
younger brother to swim.
The girl, hqr brothers, Woodrow,
14. and William, 13; Paul Hamilton.
14; and th? Sawrey boy had rUbta
swimming in the White 0?k river
near the Bright farm.
After swimmikg, (he children
waded along the snore of the river.
At the mouth of Hadnott's creek,
the Sawrey "T>oy| who cannot swim,
stepped into a ten-foot hole, and
the gifl was drowned while attemp
ting to rescue him. The boy was
rescued and is recovering from a
high fever caused by the near
drowning.
Funeral services for the girl were
held at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the
Peletier Baptist chf|i|^L Approxi
mately 4(H) persoi?^Bhided the
services which were ^inducted by
the Rev. Hugh Page, pastor of the
church, and the Rev. L. J. Atkin
son. Burial was in the new ceme
tery at the church.
The girl is survived by her par
ents, her two brothers and two
sisters, Eugenia and Elaine. She
was a junior in high school. Coron
er Springle had reported that the
girl had graduated from school two
days before the drowning.
Joslyn Announces *
Main School Dates
The opening and closing dates
and the principal holidays for the
school year, 1953-54. were an
nounced this week by H. L Joslyn,
county superintendent of schools.
The schools will open Sept. 2
but Labor day will be observed as
a holiday. Monday, Sept. 7. One
day will be taken in October for
county teachers to attend district
meetings of the NCEA and NCTA.
As usual two days will be given
students for the Thanksgiving holi
day in November.
Students who can hardly wait
for Christmas can start making
their plans now for the Christmas
vacation will start on the afternoon
of December 18 and school will re
sume Monday morning, January 4,
1954.
Easter Monday. April 19. will be
a holiday, and next year's summer
vacation will itart on the afternoon
of June 1.