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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??< 42nd YEAR. NO. 54. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Morehead Jaycees Issue $8,000 in Athletic Bonds The Morehead City Junior Cham* ber o( Commerce is now selling $8,000 of bonds lor improvements to the athletic field for the high school which the club has been sponsoring. Earlier the Jaycees leased from the Department of Conserva tion and Development 13 acres of the old Technical Intitute property. Since that time they have worked and spent a considerable amount of money to improve the field. The ground have been cleared, graded and grassed. The club has completed negotiations for the pur chase of a lighting system and the funds raised by the sale of bonds will be used to pay for the lighting system. The bonds are in the amount of $100, paying three per cent per year for five years. They may be called by lot or redeemed in a single purchase by the club. Paul H. Geer, jr., president of the club, said that the bonds have been sccured by a chattel mortgage on the equipment and integrity of the Jaycees. The club members will sell the bonds to merchants and other city residents who are interested in improving athletic fa cilities for Morehead City school students. The lighting system will arrive this week. The club has already obtained the necessary poles, bulbs and other fixtures. Mr. Geer said that in its completed state the field and lighting system would be on a par with many minor league instal lations. The field will be used for various athletic activities including base ball junior leagues next year. It was pointed out that the poles at the present field near the school house will be condemned and re moved in the near future. Club members also fertilized and planted seed on the footballl field this week in order to improve the turf for next year. The Carolina Power and Light company will be asked to install a meter so that a permanent water system will be available at the field. Police Officers Report Holiday Weekend Quiet Police officers throughout the county reported this week that the July 4 weekend was one of the quietest in recent years. In Beaufort Carlton Garner, chief of police, reported four ar rests over the weekend, three of them for public drunkenness. More head City polioe officers reported that most of their arrests during the holiday were for drunkenness. Several members of the More heid City force were busy through out the weekend handling traffic. Rufus Jefferson, Negro, of Mana tee. Fla., was arrested in Beaufort and charged with crashing a stop sign. He was released on a $25 bond. Alvin Congleton was arrested July 4 for drunkenness and placed in jail to await trial at Beaufort recorder's court this afternoon. Alex Simmons, Negro, of Beau fort, and Edin Harker, Negro, of Beaufort, were also arrested on the Fourth for public drunkenness. Both were released on $25 bond. Red Cross Consolidation Movement Gains Ground Plans are nearing completion for a consolidation of the Morehead City and Beaufort chapter of the American Red Cross, it was an nounced this week by Frank D. Hollowell, district representative from Goldsboro. He announced that Irvin W. Dav is has agreed lo be chairman of a new combined chapter. Other of ficers will be Charles Willis of Morehead City, vice-chairman; Mrs. E. H. Potter of Beaufort, treasur er; and Mrs. James D. Rumlcy of Beaufort, home service secretary. Mrs. Nellie Conner Garner of Newport, Braxton Adair of Beau fort, Henry White of Morehead City, Mrs. Brantley Morris of Atlantic and Mrs. Earl Davis of Harkers Island have consented to become directors of the new chap ter, Mr. Hollowell said. The new chapter will be the Carteret county chapter of the American Red Cross. Mr. Hollo well was in the county for several days last week making arrange ments for the consolidation of the two chapters. During the past year Braxton Adair has been chairman of the Beaufort chapter and James Webb, chairman of the Morehead City chapter. Both chapters fell short of the goals during the annual fund raising campaigns this spring. In the past the Beaufort chapter has taken the eastern end of the coun ty and the Morehead chapter the western part. Mrs. Rumley has been serving as home service secretary for both chapters. Mr. Hollowell reported that the consolidation will be com pleted in the near future. The of ficers and directors will make ad ditional appointments to complete the county chapter's organization set-up, he said. County Budget Soars Over $500,000 for Coming Year County Youths Are in Contest Two Carteret county farm youths will attend a 4-H district elimina tion contest in Washington this week. Walter Clark of Newport and Gerald Taylor of Harlowe will represent the county in the con tests. The contests will feature elim inations in public speaking, dairy management, vegetable demonstra tion, soil and water conservation demonstrations, and dairy food demonstrations. In addition to contests for the boys, 4-H girls will also enter some of the contests. Young Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Clark of Newport, is a member of the Newport 4-H group. He will give a demonstration on the selection of a good dairy cow. In the public speaking contest, young Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Taylor of Harlowe and a member of the Beaufort 4-H club, will speak on "The Advantages of Rural Living." The district elimination contests are part of a series of contests sponsored by the 4-H organization at county, district, state and na tional levels through the coopera tion of leading United States busi ness firms which are taking an in terest in the sponsorship of pro grams leading to the improvement of rural living throughout the na tion. Following the district contests will be other contests. Some of the valuable prizes awarded state win ners in these contests include all expense trips to Chicago to attend the national 4-H Congress next fall. Authority Plans to Work Large Neuse River Basin ine oia, long ana lazy neuse River is going to be put to work as it moves slowly from its head waters near Hillsboro to the sea. The determined group set to make the old Neuse do more to make it more useful to the esti mated three-quarters of a million people living within the basin it drains are the members of the new ly created Neuse River Watershed authority. The authority, which was author ized by the 1933 General Assembly and which is the first body of its kind set up to deal with a river problem in North Carolina, is a product of the combined thinking and planning of several people who have long had an idea that the Neuse could be more useful to hu manity if it is properly put to work. So out of the thinking and plan ing of such men as Dr. D. J. Rose of Goldsboro, E. J. Wellons of Smith field, A. C. Edwards of Hookerton, George R. Ross of the State De partment of Conservation and De velopment, and numerous other members of the Neuse Vally De velopment association something is about to be done to and with the Neuse. It was largely as a result of the combined efforts of the Neuse Valley Development association, whose present president it E. J. Wellons of Smithfield, and the Department of Conservation and Development, and some ethers that a bill creating the Neuae River Wa tershed authority became law is the closing days of the 1953 Gener al Assembly. The bill was spon sored by Senators Adam J. Whit ley of Johnston, Carl T. Hicks of Greene, and James H. Pou Bailey of Wake. The act is designed, according to its preamble, "to promote the nfu tual interests of cities, counties and communities along the Neuse River." Is specifically provides for the counties of Durham, Wake, Johnston, Wayne, Greene, Lenoir, Jones and Craven to be members of the Neuse River Watershed au thority, but other counties lying wholly or in part in the huge area drained by the Neuae may be ad mitted later. President Wellons of the NVDA plans to call a joint meeting of the association he heads and the mem bers of the authority at an early date, probably in July. It is likely this meeting will be held in either Goldsboro or Kins ton. The act provides that the organ isational meeting of the authority must be held within 00 days after appointment of its members. They will elect a chairman, vice-chair man, and secretary-treasurer from among their membership. The act also provides that each of the eight counties contribute 1100 for ex penses for the first year. A sim ilar amount may be contributed in subsequent years if deemed ne cessary by the Authority. All eight counties have already agreed to the required contributions of $100 each. 8m AUTHORITY, Page 1 ? The Carteret county board of commissioners voted aPProva' ?l the county's budget fof the con""g vear at their regular monthly meeting yesterday in the court h?The budget calls for the cxPenll1' ture ol $570,909.91 of which $332, 100 will be raised through taxes and $238,809.91 will come from credits, fees. ABC store revenue and other revenue sources. The rate of taxation on real and personal property will rema.nat $1 80 per $100 of valuation. This money is divided according to a schedule which calls lor $1_05 for servicing the county's bonded in debtedness, 50 cents ??r the gen eral fund, welfare fund, health fund, and spcial ,?Oi"W. ?nd J? cenu for the board ? of educa io? The county general fund will op crate on $186,145.58. This amount includes general expenses, such as salaries of county commissioners, of $78,970. The remaining amount of money goes to the operation of various county offices such as the Ux collector s, $13,938; tax listing and assessing, $10,528; sheriffs of fice, $14,109; elections, $3, 1M; the county accountant's of fice^ $7,198. courthouse and grounds, $8,982^0, register of deeds office, *13.892. coroner, $1,010; county jail. $6, 181 80- agricultural and economic development. $7,912.68; superior court $3,750; clerk of superior courts office. $9,539; recorders court $6,290; and the juvenile {court, $751. . The largest single item in tne budget is the debt service fund. This totals $240,000. This money i, allocated with $12,000 going to retire bonds due June 39' ' ^7 $37,913 in interest, and $190,087 bond principal to be paid during the year. These also fndude schaol building bonds issued in 1945, 1M7, and 1951- The 'ar8esl amount goes for service to bonds which were refinanced in 1937. The county health fund will re ceive $14,806.08 during the year; Si welfare fund, $54,456.25; and thi county board of education. $75,500. These added to the coun ty general fund and the debt service fund make up the $570, 909.91 total. Estimated credits and income for the coming year show $332,100 by 1953 tax levy. The credits include $6,000 from the register of deeds, $30,000 from the clerk of the au perior court, $6,000 Pnv>le8e'axcs $30.000 from ABC stores, $22,433.45 In revenue from the state such as beer and wine taxes and intangi ble taxes, $22.572.95 from delin quent taxes. $12,000 pol' ?n<i<iog taxes and penalties, $59,803.51 in ?sh balance and $50.000 to build a new jail if the citizens of the county vote for a jail bond issue. The 1953 Ux valuation shows ap proximately $20.500,000 on the county's books. It is ?t>mated tha a certain amount of the taxes will be uncollectable. Doodling Proves Undoing For Chock Thief, Forger Owensboro, Ky. (AP)? Doodling was a disastrous habit for a man who was jailed here on charges of stealing two checks from a doc tor's office and forging the medi co's name. The accused forger tried out his penmanship before signing the stolen blank checks. He left his name on the scrap of paper police found on the doctor's desk. ??a?f*rt Board Meets Tmmtow The July meeting of the Beau fort town board has been postponed ? second time until tomorrow night at the town lull. Earlier the meet ing was scheduled for tonight. County Appoints Committee to Plan Workable Mosquito Control System County Will Get 3.95 Road Miles Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman ' of the county board of commis sioners reported to the board at its meeting yesterday that the county will receive 3.95 miles of new highway during the coming year. The county's allotment was an nounced at a meeting of this high way division in Greenville June 17, Dr. Bonner said. The division commissioner called a representative of every county board in the area to Greenville in order to make the allotments and explain a new method of approving paving and grading projects for each county. Under the new system, each county will name one member of its board as a representative and all petitions for paving or grading will be forwarded without action by the county board of commission ers to the highway commission where the commission will take what action it chooses. The repre sentative of the county will func tion as a liaison man and will not participate in the decision as to which of the many petitions will be given approval. Moses Howard was named as this county's repre sentative. "This is a vastly improved sys tem," Dr. Bonner said. In the past each petition had to be acted upon by the county board after which it was sent to the highway commis sion for approval. The county board's approval in the past was in no way binding on the highway commission. At yesterday's meeting all peti tions which have been held for some time were forwarded to the commission and two new petitions for roads in the Marshal Iberg and Gloucester areas were presented. At their meeting, the commis sioners paseed a resolution favor ing the extension of higft0ay "12 from Pollocksvllle to Itivelock so as to relieve some of the conge* tion on highway 70 from Kinston to Morehead City and east. Nicholas Walker presented th? proposal to the board and the reto lution was passed. Tildon Davis, commissioner, in troduced a motion asking the state highway patrol to station two pa trolmen in Carteret county in Beaufort and east. "We need more patrolmen down east badly," he said. Those attending the meeting in addition to Dr. Bonner and Mr. Davis were Moses Howard, Walter Yeomans, and E. H. Potter. Vegetable Field Day Set for Thursday Carteret truck crop growers arc urged to attend a field day at the Faison experiment station, R. M. Williams, county farm agent said today. The day will be held Thursday, July 9, at the experiment station. New varieties of vegetable crops tested at the station will be dem onstratcd and recommended inscct and disease techniques for vege table crops will be explained. Mr. Williams said that he will ittend the field day and urged every truck farmer in the county who could to call the county agent's office if they can make the trip. Morehead Group Hits Waterfront The directors of the Morehcad City Chamber of Commerce had a long discussion on the possibilities of improving the Morehead City waterfront at their regular meeting Thursday night. Some of the directors described the waterfront as badly in need of policing in order to eliminate the unhealthy and unsightly filth and odors. The mafter was referred to the civic affairs committee which will seek the cooperation of business men and property owners along the waterfront in attempting to clean up the situation. The pos sibilities of dredging out the muck in spots and creating a park in front of the city hospital were also discussed. W B Chalk, chairman of the mem bership committee, reported that his group has collected $2,800 in the last three weeks renewing memberships and adding four new members to the chamber. Dr. G. C. Cook, chairman of the public health committee, brought up the matter of a practical county wide mosquito control plan. The problem was discussed and the directors went on record as favor ing any workable plan which would control mosquitoes throughout this area. The advertising committee, D. G. Bell chairman, reported that $1,200 was spent for advertisements and road signs for Morehead City dur ing the spring. The remainder of the $2,000 allocated to advertising will be spent in the fall, to pro mote Morehead City as an all-year recreation area. Though they have backed the Out er Banks coastal highway project since its inception, the directors passed a formal resolution ThOrs day night endorsing the project. While discussing highways, the di rectors also approved a resolution lor extending state highway 12 through Pollocksville to Havelock relieving some of the highway con gestion on highway 70 from Kin ston to the coast. A letter was drafted to be sent to Jerry Schumacher and Dan Wade thanking them for their ef forts irt publicizing Morehead City and their work in helping civic groups in the past. Joe DuBois, manager of the chamber, reported on the institute for chamber managers which he attended in Chapel Hill recently. "The South will experience its most rapid industrial development in the near future," he told the directors. More than 3,000 multi-million dol lar plants will be located in the South during the next few years. George Stovall, vice-president, prersided over the meeting. Those attending were Ken Prest, Alvah Hamilton, sr., Walter Edwards, W. J. Blair, W. B. Chalk, George Ball, D. G. Bell, H. S. Gibbs, jr., S. A. Chalk, jr., Warren Beck and Mr. DuBois. Holiday Traffic, Crowds Cause Beach No Trouble Carteret Leads Other Counties Carteret copnty led 15 other counties in the southeastern part of North Carolina in the number of entries in the soil conservation di vision of the Finer Carolina con test, Roy Beck, county soil conser vationist, announced this week. The contest is being sponsored by the Carolina Power and Light company. The counties in this section of the state and the numj>er of farms entered arc Carteret, 89; Craven, 21; Bladen, nine; Brunswick, three; Duplin. 27; Columbus, two; Cum berland, five; Jones, eight; Onslow, 21; Pamlico, four; Pender, 22; Robeson, 21; Sampson, 66; and Wayne, five. The entries in this county range in size from farms of just a few acres to the huge "Open Grounds Farm" owned by Miss Georgina P. Ycatman which contains 43,f73.5 acres. Prizes will be offered to those farms which give evidence of the best soil conservation projects and other prizes will be awarded to the counties which have the most en tries and the highest percentage of cultivated acreage enrolled in the contest. With the Armed Forces Lt. Hugh Stiles Arrives In Korea with Air Wing Marine First Lieutenant Hugh A. Stiles of Morehead City has arrived at an air base of the First Marine Air wing in Japan and has been as signed to the wing service squad ron. Before his present assignment he was stationed at Clierry Point. He graduated from Calhoun high school. Calhoun. Ky., and entered the corps in August. 1941. His wife. Mrs. Virginia Stiles, and daughter, Judy Ann, live in Morehead City. Private first class Leroy E. Will iams is serving with the Marine Corps in Korea with a military po lice detachment. His wife is living with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ulys Lee while he is in Korea. Following his basic training at Parria Island, S. C., Pfc Williams was stationed it Cherry Point. John W. Haynes, Jr., seo ?< Mr. and Mrs. Jphn W. Haynes of Beau fort, route 1, made hii first solo flight u a naval aviation cadet recently at Whiting Field near Mil ton, Fla. Prior to entering the Navy he at tended Clemson college. He will now receive instruction in precision air work and aerobatics along with his regular solo flights. Sergeant Walton L. Wigfall of Beaufort was awarded the combat infantryman badge for excellent performance under enemy fire in Korea receritly. Serving with the Second infantry division, he is the son of Mrs. Eliza S. Wigfall of 617 Broad street. Beaufort, entered the Army in 1943. Lions Hear Discussion Of Social Socurity N. A. Avera, social security rep resentative from Wilmington, spoke to the Morehead City Lions club at its meeting Thursday night. Following hit discuasion of to cial security, individual conferen ces were held. Fred Hardy, re cently installed president, presided over the nweting "We had no trouble with traffic, with the crowd or in the ocean over the weekend holiday," Alfred B. Cooper, mayor of Atlantic Beach, reported today in discussing the Fourth of July. Mr. Cooper said that the town wished to thank and commend the highway patrolmen, Morehead City police officers, and their own of ficers for the fine job of handling traffic on the two days. "They were very efficient and worked long hours to keep the sit uation under control," he contin ued. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Cooper reported that the beach thinned out somewhat during the hours of the matinee at the race track. Saturday night, however, the beach had a large crowd. Dur ing most of Saturday afternoon, he said, there were many empty park ing places on the beach. Residents of Morehead City, especially those who live on 28th street, echoed Mr. Cooper's praise of the patrolmen and policemen who worked the traffic during the holiday. The city residents were particu larly thankful for the reduction in traffic noise, indescriminate horn blowing and other distractions which normally go with large num bers of automobiles. Morehead's policemen worked in shifts, during the hot afternoon, and as one di rected traffic, another cooled off in the shade. During these inter l.iftjw .Am? ?f ikn IUUVS DUIIIC Ul mc icaiuciiia iuvk cold pitchers of punch and lemon ade out to the patrolmen. The beach, Morehead City and the state have worked out a co operative method for handling the big weekend crowda going to and from the beach. Morehead police men work the Evans and Arendell intersections with 28th street, high way patrolmen work the Bridges and 28 th street intersection, and various intersections on the beach with beach officers. The system was first tried during the latt weekend in June as a test before the big holiday traffic jam. Most observers agreed after the weekend that while the traffic sit uation had not been completely solved, the officers were very ef ficient in their handling of the traffic. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, July 7 4:48 a.m. 10:56 a.m. 5:25 p.m. Wednesday, July > 5:49 a.m. 11:53 a.m. 6:21 p.m. 12:05 p.m. Thursday, July t 6:45 a.m. 12:57 a.m. 7:10 p.m. 12:46 p.m. Friday, July 1* 7:32 a.BL 1:44 a.m. 7:M 1.36 p* Group Represents ' Many Divisions Of the County The county board of commis sioners named a committee of 12 men to a mosquito control group lor Carteret county yesterday at the regular July meeting of the board. Dr. G. C. Cook, chairman of the public health committee of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce, presented the problem of mosquito control to the commis sioners and more than 10 county residents from all sections were present for the meeting. Named to the committee with Dr. Cook as chairman were H. Earle Mobley, Irvin W. Davis, Philip K. Ball, George W. Dill, Clifford Lewis. R. H. Jackson, Robert l^aughton, Moses Howard, Clayton Fulcher, Alvah Hamilton, sr., and R. M. Williams. The committee will meet in the near future, study the mosquito situation in the county and recom mend possible steps which may be taken to eliminate or alleviate the mosquito problem. Dr. Cook pointed out that spray ing from the air might be used to control the irritating insects or that the ponds where they breed might be sterilized with oil or chemicals to control the problem. "Nearly 75 per cent of the mos quitoes in this county could carry malaria," Dr. Cook said. "If they ever get infected with that disease we could have a malarial epidemic of large proportions." Joe DuBois. manager of the Morehead chamber, emphasized the importance of controlling the mos quitoes in order to keep and en large the tourist industry which now brings the county approxi mately $3 million each year. "We desperately need a county-wide system of control," he told the commissioners. Mr. Jackvon speaking for the eastern rnd of the county pointed out to the commissioners that dur ing the war widespread spraying helped greatly to control the in sects. Referring to the bee prob lem, he said. "I will take a little less honey if it means fewer mos quitoes." Roy Beck, soil conservationist, and R. M. Williams, county agent, pointed out that the bees arc neces sary for the cross-fertilization of truck crops in the county in addi tion to their honey-producing activ ities. There is evidence that spray ing tends to reduce bee hives. Both Mr. Beck and Mr. Williams pointed out, however, that farm people were suffering more from the mosquitoes than almost any other segment of the population. "The tourist ean leave, but the poor farmer has to live with them," Mr. Williams said. Others in the group reported thai in some instances on Cedar Island stock have been driven to self drowning in the sound in a des perate attempt to escape from the mosquitoes. Mr. Williams said that during the mosquito season farm animals suffer a great deal. Humorous anecdotes with re spect to the size of Carteret coun ty's mosquitoes were interjected several times into the serious dis cussion of one of- the county's most serious problems. Everyone agreed that it was almost impossible to escape from a determined, full grown Carteret mosquito. The committee which contains representatives from major seg ments of the county's economy and from its geographical areas will work to present a control plan to the commissioners before the fall which will help the county. "We need definite action and we need it immediately," Dr. Cook said. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, chairman of the county board, named the committee. Prest Is Installed As Rotary President Kenneth Prest was installed as president of the Morehead City Rotary club at its weekly dinner meeting in the recreation center Thursday night W. C. Carlton, retiring presi dent, was given a past president's pin. Visitors at the meeting were D B. Bunn of Whiteville, Jack Styron of Morehead City, Nick Avera of Wilmington, Roger Gant, jr., of Burlington, and B. Powell Harrison of Leeaburg, Vi. Licenses Revoked The Motor Vehicles department thia week announced the revoca tions of operators' licences to Da vid O. Tallon of Morehead City and John H. Sloan of Cherry Point. Both of the revocations grew out oi convictions (or driving drunk in the Morehead City recorder's court. Sailor Dies While at Sea Jacob B. Dean, a quartermaster in the Navy, was brought to Mar kers Island Thursday afternoon from a Navy ship by the Coast Guard after he suffered a sudden attack of an unknown malady. Coroner Leslie Spiinglc reported that he was dead upon arrival at Davis' dock on the island. According to reports, he became suddenly ill while aboard an un known Navy vessel at sea and the Coast Guard was contacted in or der to take him ashore. He died while on the Coast Guard boat com ing ashore. The time of death was fixed at 5:30 in the afternoon. The 36-year-old man was a na tive of Iowa. He entered the Navy according to the coroner's records 13 years ago. The body was carried to More head City and was shipped from there to his home in Iowa. In advance of the notice of death, the Coast Guard had ^n emergency ambulance on its way to Harkers Island and the More head City hospital had been noti fied to be ready for an emergency. Later when the Coast Guard was informed by radio that the man had died, the coroner was called and he was at the dock when the body was brought in. Melon Mildew Is Spreading The state is experiencing one of its most severe attacks of downy mildew op cucumbers and canta tension plant pathologist from N. C. J loupes this year, Howard Garris, ex State college reported this week. Downy mildew is a fungus dis ease which produces angntar yel low spot*. When these spots be come very numerous the whole leaf will turn yellow and die. During rainy weather where con ditions are favorable for the devel opment and spread of the fungus, the vines go down within a few days. The strain of mildew on cu cumbers and cantaloupes near the vegetable research laboratory in Wilmington has also been reported to quite destruction to watermel ons, R. M. Williams, county farm agent, reported. This disease is also very preva lent in Warren county where many cucumbers are produced. Since weather conditions are fav orable at the present time for the development of this plant disease, Mr. Williams urged all home gard eners as well as commercial pro ducers who have cucumbers, can taloupes and possibly watermelons to start a dusting program to pre vent the disease. The dusting materials are avail able in quantity and one with 5 percent metallic copper has given the most effective results, he said. In fields where anthracnose is also present, Mr. Williams sugges ted that an alternate schedule of copper dust and a dust containing 8 percent zerlate or 8 percent dia thane Z-78 or parazate be used. Mr. Williams suggested that the dusting program on these crops be started immediately and applied every 10 days and in addition after each rain that is heavy enough to wash the dust from the vines. The rate of application will depend on the size of the vine. An average of 35 pounds of cop per dust should be sufficient to control the disease. Tax Collection Has Increased Over Last Year Carteret county's tax collector took in $388,791.37 between July 1. 1992, and June 29. 19S3, E. O. Moore, tax collector, reported to the county board of commissioners yesterday. His report showed that $252,199 - 45 came from collections of the 1952 tax levy. Mr. Moore revealed that this represents collection of 92 percent of the total taxes owed the county for the year. Other collected items included $36,848.30 in taxes for 1951 and prior years, $2,878.25 in schedule "B" taxes; and $96. 885.57 advance payment of 1953 taxes. The collections for the month o( June totaled $101,915.13, be re ported. Last year's collections for the fiscal year were $380,987.28. Band Ceaceit Tooight The Morehead City school band will play a concert at the Morehead City recreation center tonight at 7:30, it was announced today. The public la invited to attend.
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