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42nd YEAR, NO. 49. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Charles Garner of Newport
Named 'Father of the^Year'
Charles Manley Garner of New
port Is Carteret county's "Father
of the Year." He is the father of
nine children.
Mr. Garner was chosen from
many nominations in a contest
sponsored by 10 Morehead City
merchants. Judges in the contest
were Mrs. J. W. Jackson. John L.
Crump, and George B. Stovall
The nominations were judged on
the basis of qualifications listed
and not the number of nomina
tions for any one candidate.
Born in 1891 on a farm near
Newport, Mr. Garner is still ac
tive, his hair is coal black except
for a slight greying at the temp
les. He is now employed as a
caretaker at the Wallace Fisheries,
but for many years he was a farm
er around Newport. He also served
as Newport's policeman for six
years.
The Garner's were married in
1915 and raised their large fam
ily primarily on the farm. Fair
leigh Small of Morehead City, Mrs.
Garner's son by a prior marriage,
was reared there with the succeed
ing children. He has one child.
Of the other children four now
live in Nevada, one is in the
Navy, and the remaining three are
the famous "Newport triplets" who
still have one year of high school
left before they graduate. Roland
M. Garner is stationed in Pen
sacola with the Navy and has one
child; Charles, jr., lives in Las
Vegas, Nev., and is married; Mrs.
Mary Garner Levitts, also lives in
Las Vegas. She has two children.
Living in Reno, Nev., are Mrs.
Dorothy Gamer Smith and Mrs.
Eloises Garner Ranson, who has
five children.
"We have nine children and nine
grandchildren," Mr. Garner said in
describing his family. Their pleas
ant six-room house in Newport is
filled with pictures of various mem
bers of the family and the grand
children, now that most of the chil
dren are living elsewhere.
"I miss them right much," he
said. "Doesn't seem quite like
home not to be able to hear them."
The triplets are spending the sum
mer in Morehead City where they
have jobs and Mr. and Mrs. Garn
er are now by themselves at home.
:"The triplets are his pride and
joy," Mrs. Garner says.
Another of his prides and joys
is the large garden which practi
cally surrounds the house. He has
corn, cantaloupes, watermeluns,
beans and many other vegietables
growing in the garden. "We got
along pretty well when we were
farming," he said. "I really liked
that. You can't control the prices
or the heavy rain, but it's good
work." At the present time, Mr.
Garner spends some of his spare
time helping other farmers around
Newport with their work. His
work at the fisheries is every other
night and every other weekend.
A television set given them by
Mrs. Levitts when she visited her
parents the first of May this year
is another diversion for the Garn
ers.
"We've had a wonderful time
with the family," was his comment
on rearing a large family.
The award came as a complete
surprise to him. Mrs. Garner siaid
"1 didn't tell him a thing about
it." Of the many nominations for
Mr. Garner only one came from
his own family. The others came
from his neighbors and friends in
Newport.
They described him as an "ideal
father," "a good citizen who is
well liked and respected," and
"kind hearted." One praised him
in terms which cannot be mis-un
derstood: "His wife says he is
the best father in the world." In
nomination of her husband for the
honor, Mrs. Garner wrote: "He
has worked very hard all his mar
ried life to raise nine children who
are all living. The triplets are
his pride and joy."
When he was asked if he liked
large families. Mr. Garner laughed
and said "I guess I like all kinds."
He admitted that he was "awfully
proud" of his family but seemed
quite surprised at being named
"Father of the Year."
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Laboratory Unit Studies
Stream Pollution Here
iwo iiiuuue lauuraiury uiuis un--"
der the control of the state Stream
Sanitation committee have been
sent from Raleigh to the coast to
study stream conditions, E. C. Hub
bard, executive secretary of the
committee, reported this week.
One of the units will be located
in Morehead City. It will make a
study of the Newport river, North
river and Bogue sound.
Much of the work here will be
in connection with determining
the pollution in the inland water
way and the effects of the tides
on the pollution.
Later in the summer this mobile
laboratory will move down the
coast to study also the White Oak
and New river basins. Ben Stephen
son is in charge of this laboratory.
The other unit will be located at
Edenton to make a study of the
Chowan river basin. The main
tributaries of the Chowan are the
Nottoway, Blackwater, Meherrin,
and Wiccacon rivers. The study
will include many smaller tribu
taries as well as Edenton bay.
These tests will determine the
volume of flow, the points of pol
lution, the pollution loadings, and
other necessary data required for
classifying these waters in accord
ance with the provisions of the
stream sanitation law. Fred Sossa
man, jr., is in charge of the unit at
Edenton.
When the two studies are com
pleted. a detailed report will be
made for each major river basin.
After this information has been
made available, public hearings an
the proposed classification of the
waters will be held, after which
final classification of the various
stretches will be adopted by the
sanitation committee in accordance
with the provisions of the law.
Only after this procedure can
the abatement provisions of the
law be put into effect for the re
duction of pollution in these
waters of North Carolina.
Mr. Hubbard explained that the
stream sanitation program was de
signed to prudently utilize the
water resources of the state in the
best interests of the people by pro
tecting the water requirements for
health, recreation, fishing, agricul
ture, industry, and animal life not
only for present needs, but also for
future needs as well.
Capl. Reese Is Killed x
In Marine Plane Crash
Capt. S. W. Reese, USMC, who
was stationed at El Toro airfield,
Cal., was killed Monday evening
in a plane crash.
Funeral services will be held to
day, with burial following in the
National cemetery at San Diego,
Cal.
Capt. Reese had returned to the
west coast last fall after a year's
tour of duty in Korea, and had
expected to move with his family
to the east coast next month.
Capt. Reese, who was born in
Wink, Texas, is survived by his
wife, the former Betty Rumley of
Beaufort, two daughters, Mary Eliz
beth and Sharon, and his mother.
Mrs. W. A. Allison of Carlsbid, N.
Max.
Rags Cauae Fire
A fire believed to have started
in a pile of rags in a closet caused
no damage Tuesday afternoon in
the home of Barry Parker. Broad
street, Beaufort. The Beaufort fire
department extinguished the fire
before It did any damage.
CG Reservists *
Take Training
Coast Guard reservists from
Morehead City and Wilmington re
turned recently from a two-weeks
intensive duty training program at
the Coast Guard port security unit
in Norfolk.
The Morehead City division is
headed by Lieutenant Commander
B. C. Bell. The reservist! took part
in all jobi regularly assigned to full
time active duty Coast Guard port
security specialists at Norfolk.
In addition they received train
ing by the Navy in fire-fighting and
did small arms firing.
The port security trainees stood
regular watches at the Norfolk
unit. They boarded 40-foot utility
boats on waterfront patrols in
which docks and other waterfront
facilities were checked for sabo
tage. improper stowage of cargo
and fire.
With mobile dock-side patrols
they checked warehouses for safe
ty and security measures, and went
aboard docked vessels to supervise
the loading and unloading of dan
gerous cargo.
The reservists also spent a day
aboard a buoy tender doing aids
to navigation work in the Hampton
Roads area.
Reservists from the Morehead
City area in addition to LCDR Bell
are Walter F. Patrick. 2109 Aren
dell street, Morehead City; Joseph
D. Rose, jr.. 3201 Arendell street,
Morehead City; Lester N. Willis,
2808 Evans street, Morehead City;
John L. Lewis, Harkers Island;
Etheridge G. Davis, Harkers Island;
and Clarence A. Bell, Havelock.
New Bern Judge
Blasts Speed "
Limits on 70
The problem of traffic speeds on
highway 70 between New Bern and
Morehead City received attention
this week in the New Bern re
corder's court.
Laurence Stith, judge of New
Bern's city court, delivered a blast
against the recently lowered speed
limits on the New Bern to Have
lock part of the road. Under the
present laws, a 35-mile-per-bour
zone extends from the Trent river
bridge to the Brinson Memorial
school, and from that point to
Havelock a 45-miie-per-hour speed
zone is in effect.
The city Judge expressed the
opinion that if certain speed laws
are to be in effect on one highway
they should prevail on ill principal
highways throughout the state.
Judge Stith kaid in court that
he waa in favor of anything that
would reduce traffic accidents, but
contended the lowered limits on
highway 70 would increase acci
dents if the motoring public obey
ed them. "If everyone obeyed the
laws from the time an automobile
left the bridge until it arrived in
Havelock, there would be such a
caravan of cars on the read that a
serious hazard would be created,"
va* his com ment.
Possible Sites -
Studied by Bank
The Commercial National Bank
of Kinston has not definitely
decided which of several possible
locations it will take for its branch
in Morehead City, Harry C. Woot
en, vice-president of the bank, re
ported this week.
Mr. Wooten said that a special
meeting of the bank's board of di
rector's will be held in the near
future to decide on a definite lo
cation for the bank branch. Per
mission for the new branch was
granted late in May to the Kin
ston bank by the comptroller of the
curctnr^ who controls, the opera-,
tions of national banks.
Since the initial announcement,
the bank hat been doing mostly
"ground work" in preparation for
opening, Mr. Wooten said. "The
poll taken by tHfc Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce which show
ed its members were in favor of a
second bank by a margin of 10 to
1 was most encouraging," Mr. Woo
ten continued. He said the poll
would be an important part of
their future plans.
Founded in 1940 the Commercial
National now has two branches in
Kinston. Mr. Wooten pointed out
that eight of the bank's directors
own property in and around More
head City.
Under the federal laws the bank
has six months from the date of
permission in which to open its
branch before the period of per
mission ends. Since national banks
are controlled by the federal gov
ernment, the state banking commis
sion does not have any power over
the location of the new branch.
Court Holds *
Short Session
The Carteret county recorder's
court held a short session Tuesday
morning, with most of the eases
on the docket continued until next
week. The session was held in the
grand jury room because of the su
perior court session being held in
the court room.
William B. Kelly, jr., served no
tice of an appeal to superior court
after he was fined $10 and costs
for driving on the wrong side of the
road. Bond was set at $100.
David R. Felton was fined <10
and costs for driving without a li
cense.
James Piner was ordered to pay
the check and court costs on a
charge of issuing a bad check.
Malicious prosecution was ruled
in the case of Willie Budgett,
charged with non-support. The
prosecuting witness was taxed with
hall of the costs.
James H. Barnes paid costs for
driving a car with expired license
Ugs.
Bonds were forfeited by Tilman
Skidmorc, Julian Carlisle Bell, Mc
Donald Garner, James A. Marsh
burn, Charles W. Buckmaster and
Stover Bower.
Cases were continued against J.
W. Thompson, William Thomas
Frazier, Felix A. Green, Charles
Major, Donald C. Dolle, Lester Ba
bitt, Anthony Fugaro, Zana Britt,
Johnnie Ray Waddell, W. H. El
liott. Richard C. VitUn, Jon Ray
Robinson, Reginald Conway, K. f.
B. Bonner, jr., Leonard E. Raines,
Dudley Gray, W. D. Mason, Leon
i. Horn and Edwin Pagen.
Morehead City
Chamber Opens
Tourist Service
Membership Drive
Adds 30 Firms,
Raises $2,000
The Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce will open its night room
information service for tourists to
night, Joseph Dubois, manager of
the chamber, announced today.
Mr. Dubois also reported that
the group's membership drive has
renewed 30 memberships and
turned in more than $2,000 in mem
bership fees W. B. Chalk was
chairman of the membership com
mittee.
The room information service is
a clearing house through which
tourists may find rooms after ho
tels and other regular tourist ac
comodations have been exhausted.
It is organized by the tourist* and
convention committee of the cham
ber with Bud Dixon, chairman.
The service will be located in
the Chamber of Commerce office
in the recreation center on Shep
ard street every Friday and Satur
day nights until 11 o'clock. Charles
R. Freeman will operate the ser
vice.
When hotels report they are full,
tourists will be sent to the infor
mation service where a list of avail
able rooms will be kept. The ser
vice was a success last summer
in its first year of operation, Mr.
DuBois said.
Any resident of Morehead City
who wishes to rent rooms on
weekends during the summer seas
on should register the room with
the information service. Several
times last summer the service did
not have enough rodms to supply
the demand.
At the present time the chamber
has a list of approximately 100
rooms which will be available on
weekends. All rooms which are
registered will be inspected and
approved by the chamber commit
tee. Mr. DuBois urged local resi
dents to register them with the
chamber.
Superior Court Judge Expects
Two-Week Term to End Today
Jewelry Stolen
At Atlantic Beach
Jewels valued at between $2,500
and $3,000 were stolen from the
parked car of W. J. Chandler of
Oak Ridge Tuesday at Atlantic
Beach.
The thief or thieves also took $38
from Chandler's wallet which was
left in the car and $5 from Mrs.
Chandler's purse.
The jewelry had been left in a
locked box in the glove compart
ment of the car while Chandler
and his wife were swimming. The
jewel box also contained $100 in
cash.
The theft was discovered after
Chandler and his wife returned to
the house where they are staying
at 2905 Evans street, Morehead
City.
After a search of the car and the
house produced no sign of the
jewels, Chandler at first concluded
that the jewels had been stolen
from the house. He then called the
Morehead City police to report the
supposed burglary.
Chandler told Capt. Buck New
some that he thought the jewels
had been left at the house while
he and his wife were at the beach.
While discussing the robbery
with Captain Newsome, Chandler
discovered that the money was
missing from his wallet. He then
realized that the jewels had been
in the car and that the robbery
had taken place at the beach.
Chandler was able to provide po
lice with a description of the jewel
ry, none of which was covered by
insurance.
Captain Newsome turned the
case over to the sheriff's depart
ment since the robbery happened
at the beach which is out of the
jurisdiction of the Morehead City
police department.
Three Men Fined
In Shrimping Case
Spence Laster and Vernon Tay
lor of Sea Level were each fined
$25 and costs Tuesday in county
recorder's court after they plead
guilty to charges of shrimping on
Sunday.
A third shrimper, Berkley Willis
of Atlantic, was fined $10 and costs
after pleading guilty to a similar
charge.
Six other shrimpers will be tried
Tuesday on similar charges. They
are Porky Mason of Ocracoke, C.
B. Prescott of Oriental and Wil
mont Boliva, Willie Newton, Ernest
Mayo and James Armstrong of Van
demere.
The six were also scheduled
for trial Tuesday, but warrants
against them have not yet been
processed, according to court offi
cials.
Charges against the nine shrimp
ers were brought by Stanley Golden
of Otway, captain of the patrol boat
Cape Fear, who caught the men on
Sunday, June 7. Warrants were
sworn out by C. D. Kirkpatrick,
head of the commercial fisheries
division of the department of Con
servation and Development.
Mr. Kirkpatrick has announced
that any shrimper who is convicted
twice for shrimping on Sunday will
lose his license for the remainder
of the season.
He says that he believes that
most of the shrimpers are obeying
the law which allows day and night
shrimping but prohibits the taking
of shrimp on Sunday. He said that
his department's patrol boats will
continue to keep a close check on
the operations of the shrimpers.
Shrimpers have enjoyed a ban
ner season since it opened May 11.
with large catches reported and
shrimp bringing a high market
price.
It was to enable shrimpers to
catch this variety that the Institute
of Fisheries Research of the Uni
versity of North Carolina recom
mended that the C&D board allow
night shrimping.
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Episcopal Laymen Open
Bogue Banks Camp Drive
Jury Refuses Damages
In Truck Accident Case
A superior court jury Tuesday^
refused to award damages to Frank
and Clara Moran. operators of the
Morehead City Floral company, in
a suit against Vernon Gillikin of
Otway.
The jury held that, although the
property of the plaintiffs had been
damaged by the negligence of the
defendant, the negligence of their
agent had contributed to the dam
age. The jury ruled that the plain
tiffs were not entitled to recover
any damages.
The suit grew out of an accident
on May 27, 1932 in which a truck
being driven by Gillikin collided
with a truck owned by the More
head City Floral company.
Ray Kennedy, mechanic for
Sound Chevrolet company, testi
fied that he examined Moran's
truck and repaired the damage. He
said that the repairs cost $146.35.
Under cross - examination by
Claud Wheatly. attorney for tnc
defense, Kennedy admitted that he
did not know how much of the dam
age to the truck was caused by the
accident.
Dr. E. P. Spence, Moran's father
in-law and driver of the truck, said
that he was driving west on Aren
dell street at about 25 miles per
hour at the time of the aeddent.
Spence said that as he passed
Sound Chevrolet company Gillikin 's
truck came out of the driveway
and struck the right side of his
truck. He said that he then lost
control of the truck and went about
50 feet beyond the intersection
along the railroad tracks.
Spence said that he did not see
the truck until it struck the side
of his truck. He said that the truck
damaged the right side of his truck
from about the center of the side
to the rear fender.
The witness said that he believed
that the truck was worth about
$800 before the accident and that
it was worth about >650 after the
collision.
Under cross-examination, Spence
denied that he had asked Gillikin
not to call the police or that he
suggested that they settle their own
damages.
When Attorney Wheatly suggest
ed that Spence might have told
Gillikin that the accident was his
fault, he rose to his feet and shout
ed angrily at the attorney. He said
that he had never admitted any
thing of the sort and that Gillikin
had hit him.
Judge Henry W. Stevens, jr.,
cautioned Spence and told him to
?it down. He urged him to regain
control of himself. After the out
burst ended, Wheatly continued his
cross-examination.
He asked Spent* how the front
of his track had been damaged if
Gillikin struck it hi the center of
the right side. Spence said that
he did not know*- whereupon the
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Methodist Men
Meet Tuesday
The men's organization of the
First Methodist church in More
head City will install new officers
at a dinner meeting Tuesday night
in the education building of the
church.
John T. Conner of 2716 Arvon
drive will be installed as the new
president of the group succeeding
Paul Mitchell who has moved to
Kinston. The men's club is com
posed of men who are members of
the church, and now has about
75-80 active members.
Other officers who will be instal
led are C. H. Freeman of 809
Bridges street, vice-president; E.
G. McKinley of 2717 Arvon drive,
secretary; Robert M. Poulk of 1400
Evans street, treasurer; and John
E. Seitter of 1810 Shepard street,
recorder.
Speaking at the Tuesday night
meeting will be Chaplain Edwin
Jones, a Methodist minister now
serving with the Marine corps as
a Chaplain. He is stationed at
Cherry Point and has recently re
turned from duty in Korea.
Chaplain Jones will show a series
of films taken during his tour
of duty in Korea with a commen
tary on them. At the present time
he is chaplain for Marine Train
ing Group-20.
r The dinner will be prepared by
members of the club. The time for
the dinner is 7 o'clock.
Other past officers of the club
are Lonnie Bell, vice-president; J.
W. Rumbclow, secretary; Steve
Roberts, treasurer; John D. Willis,
recorder.
Asphalt Ship Docks
The S. S. Paludina docked at the
port terminal Monday afternoon
to unload raw materials for the
Trumball Asphalt plant.
Tide Table
Tide* at Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Friday, June 1*
1:13 a.m.
1:59 p.m.
7:38 a.m.
8:21 p.m.
Saturday, June N
2:03 a.m.
2:51 p.m.
8:23 a.m.
9:20 p.m.
Sunday, June 21
2:98 a.m.
3:42 p.m.
9:15 a.m.
10:17 p.m.
3:54 a.m.
4:38 p.m.
Monday, June 22
l 10:06 a.m.
11:11 p.m.
Tuesday, June 21
4:49 a.m.
5:22
10:55 am
Episcopal laymen in eastern-4
North Carolina have launched a
campaign to raise $20,000 to erect
the first buildings on the church's
property on Bogue Banks.
A part of the banks running from
the Atlantic to the Sound contain
ing 60 acres of land and with an
ocean frontage of 1,500 feet was
given to the Episcopal diocese of
Eastern North Carolina by the
late Mrs. Alice G." Hoffman and
her heirs, members of the Theodore
Boo%evrlt family. The property
U six miles west of Atlantic Beach.
Under the terms of the gift, the
Church has five years in which
to begin the project.
The complete plans call for cab
ins, a lodge and assembly hall, open
theater, recreation building, base
ball field and pier. The camp will
be operated for laymen and their
families in the church.
To start the camp, the laymen's
group is asking for contributions
to construct a building 40 feet by
Rfi feet in dimensions which will
contain two large dressing rooms
with showers, a kitchen and dining
room. Plans call for completion
of this building this year. A road
will be paved to the camp from the
Salter Path highway, a parking
area fixed and the grounds will be
cleaned.
James D. Potter of Beaufort is
in charge of the fund-raising drivie
in St. Paul's parish. Contributions
may be mailed to Joe House, Beau
fort. All checks should be made
payable to the East Carolina Lay
men's Building Fund.
Contributions in St. Andrew's
parish, Morehead City, are being
taken by H. Earle Moblcy and Stan
ley Woodland.
The Episcopal camp is the sec
ond such church enterprise for Car
teret county. Earlier this spring
the Albemarle presbytery of the
Presbyterian church purchased a
home and property on Bogue Sound
to be used for a church summer
camp.
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County Residents
Not Interested
In Typhoid Shots
The Carteret county health de
partment has concluded that coun
ty residents are not particularly in
terested in protection against ty
phoid lever.
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett. county
health officer, reported this week
that only 153 persons received ty
phoid vaccinations in a recently
completed county-wide series ol
vaccination clinics. These clinics
were particularly for adults, since
vaccinations in the schools were
completed earlier.
At the same clinics whooping
cough, diphtheria and tetanus vac
cinations were given to 47 children
and smallpox vaccinations to nine
children.
Dr. Ennett pointed out that many
children were vaccinated during
the pre-school vaccinations this
spring.
The health department holds
two vaccination clinics a week in
the health department offices in
Beaufort at the county court house
on Tuesday afternoon and Saturday
morning. A clinic is also held every
Thursday night from 6:30 to 7:30
in the health department offices in
the Morehead City town hall.
New Minister *
Assumes Duties
The Rev. H. Edgar Harden of
Norfolk, Va., has arrived in More
head City to take up his duties
as pastor of the First Christian
Cfrurci * .
Mr. Harden in * native of North
Carolina, haviot been reared in
Bertie county. He received his
education in the Bertie county
Rev. H. E. Harden
scbooli and in Norfolk where he
made his home for several years.
He received his training for the
ministry at Moody Bible institute
and it a Christian church school
in Norfolk. He was ordained in
1939.
Before coming to Morehead City.
Mr. Harden held pastorates in Nor
folk, Creeds and Salem. Va.t and
Edenton and Fantego. He has de
voted much of his time to evangelis
tic work connected with the for
mation of small churches.
Mr. Harden has replaced the Rev.
C. R. Berry who resigned recently
to accept the pastorate of the 1. urn
be rton Christian church. Mr. Har
den was chosen after a long search
for a successor to Mr. Berry.
Jaycees Discuss *
Beauty Pageant
The Morehead City Jaycees. at
their meeting Monday night, con
tinued to discuss plans for the Miss
North Carolina beauty pageant to
be held July 15-17 in Morehead
City.
Dr. Russell Outlaw reported that
he has obtained 24 rooms for the
contestants in the pageant and
asked club members to try to get
more rooms.
It was also reported that mater
ial is available for the construction
of the stage at the Morehead City
race track where the pageant will
be held.
A meeting of committee chair
men for the pageant was called for
Tuesday night.
Miss Rosalind Diane Harris. Miss
Asheville, was a guest at the meet
ing.
President Paul Geer, Jr., L. G.
Dunn and Ralph Gardner report
ed on the national convention held
last week In Minneapolis
Mr. Gardner reported that he
had purchased lighting fixtures for
the new football field. The 120
1,900-watt units were purchased in
Springfield. Ohio, at a cost of $2,
330. The club voted to approve the
purchase of the fixtures.
Heavy Calendar
Of Civil Cases
Slows Progress
Superior court officials said yes
terday morning that they hope that
the current two-week term of court
will end this afternoon.
Judge Henry Stevens, jr., said
that he has been averaging a little
better than one civil case each day
during this second week of the
court term. Several of the 42 civil
cases on the court calendar have
either been settled out of court or
continued. Only this fact makes it
possible for the court term to end
today.
The first week of the session
was devoted mainly to criminal
cases with 44 cases on the docket.
With the exception of a few cases
which were continued until the Oc
tober term, most of the criminal
cases were disposed of.
No action was taken on the resi
dents of the county who had failed
to list taxes. At the March term,
the grand jury recommended that
those who failed to list be turned
over to the grand jury at this term.
Court officers said that most of
those who had failed to list have
since done so. It was also- found
that many of those on the list have
moved from the county. Any who
have still failed to list their taxes
will probably be presented for
grand jury action at the October
term.
Mrs. Ruby Lawrence received
$9, (MX) damages in settlement of a
suit against Lundy Ciiilikin. W. L.
Gillikin and Connie Gillikin. Mrs.
Lawrence was seeking $50,000 for
the death of her son Donald, killed
last fall in an automobile accident
on the Harkers Island road.
In another case growing out of
an accident on the same road, Eric
Gillikin received $1,451.55 in set
tlement of his suit against William
and Leroy Gillikin. The suit was
brought in his behalf by his
mother, Mrs. Lula Gillikin.
Mrs. Mae Smith settled her suit
against the Dr. Pepper Bottling
company for $200. Mrs. Smith
sought $10,000 for injuries she said
that she received from a piece of
glass in a soft drink bottle.
S. A. Horton was awarded dam
ages amounting to $178.25 plus in
terest from Jan. 6, 1951 from Bruno
and Mary Marino.
John P. Anderson was awarded
$350 damages from Rosetta Will
liams, whose car struck Anderson's
at a stop light in Beaufort last fall.
Enoch Pettiway, who was driving
the Williams woman's car at the
time, fled from the scene of the
accident and has never been ap
prehended.
With the case of Lewis against
Blaskowitz in the process of being
tried yesterday morning. Judge
Stevens said that there were two
more cases on the calendar for
trial. He said that he hoped that
those cases could be finished by
this afternoon.
4-H Girls Enter *
Award Programs
Two national 4-H award pro
grams of special interest to girls
have been approved for 1953 by
the state extension service. They
are bread demonstration and dress
revue.
Objectives of the demonstration
program are to help 4-H club
girls acquire the skills involved in
making breads, rolls apd other
baked food. Participants learn to
give effective demonstration show
ing some phase of what has been
learned and its relation to the fam
ily dietary needs.
Incentives for outstanding 4-H
records of achievement, provided
by Standard Brands, inc., comprise
medals of honor for top ranking
individual and team participants
in each qualifying county. State
winners, both individual and team
members, will receive $50 U. S.
Savings Bonds. More than 35,800
girls in accepting states gave baked
foods demonstrations last year be
fore audiences totaling 850,000
persons.
In the dress Tevue program,
which is open to all girls partici
pating in the 4-H clothing program, '
members learn to dress appropri
ately in keeping with a well plano
el family budget, and to develop
poise, proper posture and habits
of good grooming. The popularity
of this program is reflected in the
enrollment of girls last year, which
totaled 669,259.
Simplicity Pattern company pro
vides awards of honor medals to
county blue award winners and an
all-expense trip to the National
4-H Club congress in Chicago next
November to the state winner. Each
state winner participating in the
national presentation at the dab
congress will receive a leather
cased scissors *at.