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W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?< 42nd YEAR, NO. 68. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Winston-Salem Girl Wins Miss North Carolina Title Miss Barbara Ann Crockett of' Winston-Salem was crowned Miss North Carolina of 1953 before a ca pacity crowd Friday night at the t final performance of the beauty pageant at the Morehead City race ? track. Miss Patricia Lou Price, Miss Bockingham county, was first run ner-up, and Miss jean Page, Miss Roanoke Bapids, was the second runner-up. Miss Judy Perry, Miss Morehead City and official hostess to the con testants, received the trophy for Miss Congeniality. This trophy is awarded by a vote of all the con testants. Miss Crockett was crowned by Miss Barbara Ann Harris of Salis bury, Miss North Carolina of 1952. Walter Morris, awards chairman for the Morehead City Jaycees, presented her with the trophy em blematic of her selection and also presented her other prizes. The new Miss North Carolina re ? ceived a $1,000 scholarship from the Morehead City Jaycees, a week's vacation for her and her companion at Morehead City and Atlantic Beach, a trip to Atlantic City for the Miss America Pageant, a complete wardrobe from Jean's of Raleigh and a diamond wrist watch from Mr. Morris. The two runners-up also received trophies in recognition of their ac complishment*. The new beauty queen is 19 years old, 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 100 pounds. Her measurements are: bust, 35; waist, 22; and hips, 35. She is the daughter of B. W. Crockett and Mrs. P. G. Wood of Winston-Salem. A member of the class of 1951 at James A. Gray high school, Win ston-Salem. ahe is employed by a Winston-Salem law firm. She is engaged to Ray Whitley of Win ston-Salem, and they plan to be married after his graduation from Elon college. Miss Crockett has not yet de cided how she will use her $1,000 scholarship but sh? will probably use it to further her musical career. She plans to continue working at her present job and hope* to be able to attend night school. ? She said tkat she had no idaa of winning the beauty pageant. "I was surprised and thrilled to death, " she said. "There were too many pretty girls competing. I never dreamed that I would be one of the last." Miss North Carolina was chosen from among 12 finalists picked on the basis of their showing in two preliminary contests and a talent show. In addition to the winner and runners-up the finalists were Miss SRirley Jean Allan, Miss White ville; Miss Doris Hagler. Miss Char lotte; Miss Nancy Marie Stillwell, Miss Thomasville; Miss Dolores Ann Matthews, Miss Henderson; Miss Rosalind Diane Harris, Miss Asheville; Miss Marilyn LetKia Greene, Miss Albermarle; Miss Shirley Patricia Moose. Miss Salis bury: Miss Joyce Deal Smith, Miss Wilson County; and Miss Ann* Jacobs. Miss Chapel HU1. . The 12 finalists appeared first in evening gowns, then in a talent performance and finally in bath ing suits. On tM basis of these presentations the judges narrowed the field down to five girls, the three winners and Miss White vllle and Miss Charlotte. These five then appeared in evening gowns for the final judging. When the five finalists made their final appearances, they were asked several questions by Miss Neva Jane Langley, Miss America of 1933, one of the seven judges. Each of the girls was interviewed separately. Miss America was es corted to the stage by Gene Och senreiter, state president of the Jaycees. Judges for the pageant were Miss Harris, Miss Langley, Miss LoLong (See PAGEANT, Page 2) Beaufort Police Make Six Arrests Tbc Beaufort police department made fix arrest* over the weekend, according to Carlton Gamer, act ing chief. Four of the arrests were for public drunkenneu and two were for motor vehicle violations. Charles E. Lewis of Beaufort was arrested Thursday for careless and reckless driving and driving with an improper license. He is free on $50 bond. James Smith, Horehead City Ne gro, waa arrested Sunday for fall ing to stop st two stop signs and driving with a learner's permit without a licensed driver in the car. Roland Small, RL 1, Beaufort was arrested Saturday for public drunkenness. I la is free on $25 bond. B. F. Willis of Beaufort Luke Rice of Beaufort and Archie Fulford of Harkars bland were all arrested Sunday for public drunk enness. Fulford's bond waa set st *50 snd the others are free on 93B bond*. ? Ail six will be tried this after dm* to municipal recorder's mmt * Power Interruption Set for Tomorrow Electrical power will be cot off In (he Marshallberg-Smyraa area tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 3 o'clock, George B. Stovall, district manager for the Caro lina Power and Light company, announced today. During the power interruption, the utility company will raise the voltage on the line from 2,300 to 13,944 volte. This will make possible greatly improved ser vice, Mr. Stovall said. He reported that all the cur rent will not be off for the full period. Jaycees Name Committee Heads Wiley H. Taylor, jr.. of Beaufort and Jimmy Wallace of Morehead City were named chairmen of Jay cee state committees at last week end's meeting of the state execu tive board in Morehead City. Gene Ochsenreiter, state presi dent, named Mr. Taylor to the state Americanism committee and named Mr. Wallace to head the Miss North Carolina advisory com mittee. The appointments were among 30 made by President Och senreiter with the approval of the 14-man executive board. Plans for the coming year were nude at the two-day meeting held In conjunction with the Miss North Carolina pageant. Preliminary plans were also discussed for the 25th annivenary of the state or ganization which will be observed in January in Charlotte. The board adopted a budget of ,122,415 for the coming year, as compared with $18,600 for the past year. David Smith of High Point was named state auditor to succeed J. B. Harris of Durham who has held the post for the past four years. It was announced at the meet ing that Data DMrteft, 1MHNM president, will be the featured speaker at the next state quarter ly board meeting Aug. 29-30 in Rocky Mount. Horehead Board Studies Drainage The board of commissioners of Morehead City voted to ask the state to prepare estimates on the cost of draining certain areas north of the present city limits which involve the new highway 70 location and existing city streets. The drainage system which would be installed with the new highway would make possible the most efficient drainage of those areas and protect the town streets. In the past it was pointed out that this water moving across and under the city's streets has caused numerous street failures and added to the town expenses. The cost of the drainage system would be shared jointly by the state and the city. Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., pre sided over the meeting. Commis sioners who attended the regular meeting Thursday night were Dr. John Morris. S. C. Holloway, D. J. Hall, and Ted Garner. During the meeting the board bought the town a new pick-up truck. The low bid of $1,270 sub mitted by Sound Chevrolet com pany was approximately $200 un der the other bids. Coastal Roofing company also won a contract to put a new roof on'the city hall. Their bid was for $1,290. This will make possible the protection of the city's property, Mr. Hall, commissioner of city grounds and buildings said. The present city hall roof leaks and causes extensive deterioration of the plaster ceilings and walls in the court room. George McNeil, city attorney, was asked to look into the various aspects of street payments in areas which may be added to the town by annexation. The board also dis cussed the possibility of purchas ing a truck and equipment for pumping out septic tanks. A long discussion on the garbage dump was followed by a motion to ln?eiOt*lt the possibilities of pur chasing equipment which will al low the sanitation department to bury garbage without burning it as is the present custom. Greenville TV Station Nears Operation Stage Trailer Camps Ease Shortage Desperate servicemen and their families who have been suffering in the critical housing shortage at Camp Lejeune and Jacksonville can take hope now. Work has started on the Public Housing authority's 1,190 ? unit house-trailer projects. The total co?t -Of these projects will be be tween (3,500,000 and $4,000,000. At the present time 347 trailers have already been placed on con crete piers for occupancy. The PHA projects will be located on two separate sites. Esst of Jacksonville 240 units will be set up and 810 units will go south of the city. The smaller group will be be tween the city and Camp Lejeune on highway 24 at the Camp Knox annex. The main project will be located south of the city on high way 17. Rentals on "four sleeper" unita now are $45 per month and $51 for "aix sleeper" units at other Le jeune trailer camps. While budgets and costs have not yet been determined. Col. J. M Davis reported that the camp is "shooting at establishing the new rentals at the same rate, but we are not certain as yet that we can hold them to that If any in crease la necessary, it will only be a slight one." Engineers report that the smaller group will be completed about Oc tober 7. Completion datea for the larger group are stagfered with the target date for the entire 810 unita set at February 4, 1854. The trailer camps will be com plete with streets, concrete walks, water and aewer connections, and concrete-block laundry buildings, rhe trailers contain bath tuba, electric refrigerators, gas stoves and gas heaters. Laet Concert T Might The last summer concert by the More be ad City high school band at the recreation center will be held tonight at 7:90. it was announced today. The band has played a seriea of concerts at the center through oat Um first part at the summer. Construction is on schedule and television will start (or nearly one million people in Eastern North Carolina this fall from station WNCT according to a report is sued last week by the board of di rectors of the station. The building located two miles from Greenville is almost ready for the installation of equipment. Electronic equipment is arriving daily and the last shipment of ma terials is expected to take place by August 1. According to officials of the Car olina Broadcasting System, incor porated, construction of the plant should be completed approximately 60 days after the last of the ma terials have been received. The largest type self-contained tele vision transmitter in the country has been shipped to the station. A. Hartwell Campbell, manager of the station, said, that the experi ence of some television stations being unable "to meet their esti mated starting dates makes us re luctant to guarantee an exact time that WNCT will begin operation." Network programs will be avail able from the first day of oper ation, but on a delayed schedule, it was reported. The delay is be cause the American Telephone and Telegraph company will not be able to complete construction of the interconnection facilities by the time the station is ready to go on the air. The interconnection is scheduled to be made with the major net works on or before January 1, 1064. "We are faced with the unhappy choice," Mr. Campbell said, "of waiting until January 1 for the interconnection or beginning opera tions in the fall with a film network lervlce. We believe that the ma lority of the people in Eastern Car ina, understanding our situation, rill prefer that we go on the air is soon as possible with good qual ty film network features rather Jian delay our opening until the nterconnection is complete." Station WNCT is the first reg ilaf television authorized in North raroUna since 1M9, and it will be lie third auch operating station n the state. The station will be re vived on channel 8 by every tele vision set with the signal range, vithout extra tuners or attach rents. Primary service will in clude Rocky Mount, Wilaon, New tern, Kinaton, Washington, Green ille, Cherry Point and Morehaad New Ports Authority Has First Session ; T akes T our of Morehead Port Facilities Presbyterians Plan New Church Edifice The officers of the Webb Me morial Presbyterian church voted Thursday night to begin the groundwork for the construction of a new church building. The Rev. Priestley Conyers, III, reported that a general building committee will be named in the near future. Kenneth Prest is chairman of a committee to survey the needs of the church and make recommendations to a committee on plans. The program will move in three stages, Mr. Conyers said. Follow ing a thorough study of the needs of the church, a committee will be named to make plans for the build ing, and later committees will su pervise the raising of funds and the actual construction of the build ing. A definite cost for the construc tion of the building will not be known until later. The meeting Thursday night was held in order to reach a definite decision to go ahead on plans for a new church building. The church has grown from a very small membership when it was founded in 1930 to a membership of 145. The membership five years ago was 90. Mr. Conyers reported that the church has had a slow but steady growth in the years of its existence. The present church building has been increased in Bize and two residences next to the. church have been purchased for in creasing the size of the Sunday school. These residences were also pur chased in order to acquire real estate for the proposed church building, Mr. Conyers said. The second of these houses was pur chased in the last three months. Mr. Conyers became the minister of the church in 1949. He is the fifth minister to serve the church in its history. The unanimous decision to begin the building program was taken by the members of the church's offi cial board, its session and board of deacons. Representatives of other groups in the church were also present. Members of the session are H. L. Joslyn, Dr. S. W. Thompson, J. W. Kellogg. Alec Lewis, and D. Cor dova. Robert Howard is chairman of the board of deacons and T. C. Hyman is treasurer of the church. Mrs. Howard is chairman of the Women of the Church. Registration Reaches 8 7 4s Deadline Approaches John T. Connor, registrar for* the Morehead City annexation elec tion, reported yesterday that 87 persons have registered lor the Aug. 8 election. Registra|t$gi fhive aaorc ' than doubled in tN past four days. On last Thursday only 42 peraans had registered for the election. The election will determine if a proposed area will be added to the city. The territory is west of the present city limits bounded on the north by the highway and on the south by the railroad and Bogue sound. The western limit of the area is the state property line at Camp Glenn and it includes the old rifle range. Registration opened July 11 and will continue until sunset Satur day. Mr. Conner said that he will register any qualified voter at any time. Each voter must appear in p^tson in order to be registered. To qualify to vote in the elec tion, a resident must be a citizen of North Carolina for one year and a resident of the county and the area for four months. Feeling has been running high and most observers feel that the challenges will supply the fire works in the hotly contested elec tion. Both sides seem to be registering as many voters as pos sible and challenges will be pre sented to the county board of elec tions oo Aug. 1. Under state law, on challenge day any registration may be chall enged for cause and a person's name will be removed from the book if it is shown that be is not a qualified voter. A committee to promote annex ation, headed by E. G. McKinley, is working to obtain maximum reg istration of residents and propo nents. Opposition to the annexa tion if largely led by O. 0. Ful cher and Luther Norris. Oppo nents have hired Claud Wheatly of Beaufort as their attorney. The election grew out of a peti tion for annextion which was sign ed by 106 residents of the area. Opponents of annexation, through Mr. Wheatly, presented to the town board a petition opposing annexa tion without a vote. The petition, signed by 54 persons, left the com misaioners with no choice other than to order the election. Firing Exercise* Set This Week by Marines The area in the vicinity of Browns inlet and Bogue inlet will be hazardous to vessels because of firing, strafing and bombing exer cises through Thursday, Camp Le Jeune officials announced today. The exerciaes started at 7 o'clock this morning and will continue through 3:30. On Wednesday, they will run from 0:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and on Thursday, from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. All navigation is urged to avoid this area during the periods Only through traffic on the intracoaatal waterway will not te slopped. ' ' ' Firing auacises *4U also be held Friday from*:*) ajn. to 10:30 a n. in the Atlantic oc&n oa ? * New Services Held For Join Webb' Funeral services were held Sat urday afternoon in Washington, N. C? for John Davis Webb. 62, who died Thursday afternoon at his home in Bayview. Mr. Webb died just one day after attending funeral services in More head City for his sister, Mrs. Nina Webb Wallace, who died Tuesday. Services were held from the Oden Funeral home, with the Rev. A. C. Regan of the Bath Methodist church officiating. Burial was in Oakdale. A large number of rel atives and friends from Morehead City attended the funeral. Mr. Webb is survived by his wife, Blanche; a daughter, Mrs. Cather ine White of Bristol, Va.; a son, Jack Webb of Falls Church, Vs.; three brothers, Charles V. Webb of Morehead City, Earle W. Webb of New York and Theodore R. Webb of Plainfield, N. J., and sev eral nephews and nieces. He was born in Morehead City, Aug. 3, 1890, the son of Alexan der H. Webb and Harriett Wade Webb. He was educated in the Morehead City school. About 40 years ago he married Blanche Nich olson of Bath. He left Morehead City about 35 years ago. Mr. Webb lived in Washington for many years before moving to Bayview a few years ago. He had been connected with the C. 0. Tankard company for 18 years. He was a member of the Bath Methodist church, the Masonic lodge and the York Rite and was a member and past exalted ruler of the Washington lodge of Elks. Marines Arrested After Accidents Two Cherry Point marines were arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol Saturday night after their cars were involved in accidents on US 70. Grady W. Shelton waa arrested after his car struck the rear end of one operated by Mrs. Louise Memory Covington of- Whiteville. Lt Arthur Samuel Butler was ar rested after his car ran off the road west of Newport Mrs. Covington told Highway Pa trolman J. W. Sykes that she was driving east on US 70 and had stopped to make a turn into the Ocean Park drive-in theatre. She told the patrolman that while she was waiting for traffic to pass her car was struck by that driven by Shelton. The marine was arrested and waa tried yester day in Morehead City recorder'* court J Lieutenant Butler was airtstei[ after hia car went Off the righf shoulder ?f the road, ran into J ditch and knocked 4o?n a tel4 phone pole before riwleg to a Patrolman Sykes Mid that BuUasV ear skidded about 210 feat kefm Morehead City Receives Award Mrs. Lucia Hutchinson, field rep resentative of the state highway patrol presented the Morehead City police department with a plaque in recognition of the fact uiai mere were nu imai acciuema in Morehead City during 1952. The plaque, awarded by the Na tional Safety council, was present ed in a ceremony Friday afternoon in the office of Chief E. J. Willis. Mrs. Hutchinson made the presen tation to Chief Wiljis and Mayor George W. Dill, jr., on behalf of Edward Scheidt, motor vehicles commissioner, who sent his con gratulations. Mrs. Hutchinson congratulated the mayor and police department for the city's excellent record. She said that she thinks that Morehead City may well hold a national record for the number of years without a traffic death. There has not been a traffic death in More head City since the latter part of 1942. The safety worker said that she intends to see that Morehead City gets national recognition for its safety record. She commended the town offi cials and the members of the po lice department for their excellent work in preventing fatal accidents and urged them to continue their excellent performance. Mrs. Hutchinson said that the city's safety record is ail the more remarkable because of the unusual ly large number of cars which use the city streets, especially during the summer tourist season. She said that the record can be maintained only with the coopera tion of town officials, police offi cers and drivers. Mayor Dill said, "We realize that the law of averages is against us and we wish that every person who uses our streets would drive if he driving to his own The plaque is the third such plaque that Morehead City haa re ceived from the National Safety council. The plaques are awarded to cities over 3,000 population which have no fatalities during the year. Smaller cities and towns re ceive similar plaques from the de partment of motor vehicles. ? J ? I lllif Marines wite Hurt in Wreck Mrs. John Robert Panike, wife of i Cherry Point marine, received minor injuries yesterday morning when the car in which she was rid ing was involved in a wreck at 28th and Arendell streets, Morehead City. The woman's husband, Cpl. John Panike, said that he was driving north on 28th street when a car came out of Arendell atreet and struck the side of his car. Dr. James S. Ellis of Greensboro, driver of the second car, said that he was driving west on Arendell street and was preparing to make a turn on 28th street. He told Morehead City police officers that he slowed down but did not stop at the stop sign at the lntertection. He said that he did not see the marine's car. Mrs. Panike was taken to the Morehead City hospital where she was treated for a cut above her eye and for bruises on her legs. Dr. Ellis has been charged with failing to stop at a stop sign. He will be tried Monday in Morehead City recorder's court. Damage to both cars waa exten sive, but no estimates have yet been made. The accident was investigated by Capt. Buck Newsome, Lt. Guy Sptingle, Sgt. Bruce Edwards and Patrolmen Carl Bunch and Homer Lewis W the Morehead City police department. Beaufort Rota riant Hoar Roofing Plant Official Walter Edwards of the Lloyd A. Fry Booting company's Morehead City plant was the guest speaker at last week's meeting of the Beaufort Rotary club. He described the company's operations and the processes which go into the manu facture of roofing materials. In connection with his talk, Mr. Edwards presented the color mo tion picture, Fran Rags to Roof ing. whicl shows the various pro cesses about which he spoke. Glenn Adair was appointed pub |le relations officer for the club by fceildiat Gene Smith. Batting Rotariana from More ??fCHy were George W. Dill, Jr., ieWgs IT McWefU JTrmnk^ Exum Members Want Program Of Strong Development The new seven-man State Ports Authority held its first business meeting in Morehead City yesterday and is continuing the session today in Wilmington. Plans were started which will lead to a continuation of the develop ment of the port. At one point in discussing the addition of tobacco storage in order to compete with Norfolk, one member said, "I'm tired of Seeing North Postmaster Job Open at Atlantic The U. S. Civil Service commis sion is now accepting applications (or the position of postmaster of the post office at Atlantic. The office is a third class post office. The closing date for applications is August 11 and a written test will be held in New Bern to screen the applicants. The post pays $3,400 per year. Postmasters at third-class offi ces have personal custody and care of the stamp stock and all funds, they personally keep and submit all accounts, supervise one or more employees, and must be fa miliar with all the work of the office. The background of the applicants must show that they can meet and deal with the public agreeably and effectively and that they are reli able citizens who would commend the respcct and confidence of the patrons of the post office. Applicants must also show that their experience and training have provided them with the ability to maintain simple records of ac counts or records of comparable difficulty or have provided them with a knowledge of postal proced ure*. The written examination will consist of two parts. The first part ?ttkeUrt will include SO questions ol * .general nature covering verbal abilities, practical judgment, and arithmetic applied to practical problems. The second part of the test will consist of 45 questions on post office business management. These questions call for applica tion of official instructions to com mon problems arising under them. All management instructions neces sary to answer the questions will be given in the test booklet. Any applicant must meet a re quirement of having maintained a physical residence for one year preceding the closing date within the delivery limits of the city or village in which the office is loca ted. Other requirements are that the applicant be a citizen, over 21 and under 63 years of age, physically capable of performing the duties. Applications should be sent to the Civil Service Commission, Washington, 25, D. C. Local Men Join Photo Association Jerry Schumacher and Dan Wade of Morehead City and Norwood Young of Beaufort were among eight cameramen accepted as new members at Sunday's business ses sion of the Carolinas Press Pho tographers association. The action was taken at a brief meeting at Capt Bill's Waterfront restaurant after a shooting seas ton at Atlantic Beach in which the pho tographers competed for $200 in prizes which have been offered for the best published photos of Miss Barbara Ann Crockett of Winston Salem, Miss North Carolina for 1853. Other new members of the aaao ciation are Wake Bridges of Hick ory, J. P. Brady of Franklin, Gus Martin of Raleigh, H. Vaden Brock of ML Olive and Joe R. Ragland of Kernersville. Members attending the meeting were President Lawrence Wotford of Raleigh, Tom Johnson of Ox ford, Dave Murray of Raleigh, James Everett of Ayden. Charles Kraft of Mt. Olive, Hugh Morton o 4 Wilmington, Rudy Falrcloth of Raleigh. Jake Houston of Char lotte. Charles Killebretf of Rocky Mount, George Johnson of Golds bora, Gene Bell of Greenville, RoUnd Giduz of Chapel Hill and Charles Cooper of Durham. Tido Tablo Tides at Beaafart Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, My U 3:04 a.m. 3:48 p.m. ?:15 a.m. 10:32 p.m. Wednesday, July 22 4:07 a.m. 10:18 a.m. 4.-47 p.m. 11:28 p.m. A:M a.m. 9:42 p.m. Ttanday, July 23 i. 11:14 ajn. Friday, My 24 ?m^H ... 12:00 fM. 12:18 ajn. Carolina support Virginia." He recommended a strong program lor developing the port to take care of the state's own commodities. This attitude was typical of the meeting over which Senator Edwin Pate of Laurinburg, vice-chairman of the authority, presided. A. G. Myers of Gastonia. chairman, was unable to attend due to illness. Other members of the authority are Harvey Moore of Charlotte, Harold F Coffey of Lenoir. Ray mond Bryan of Goidsboro. J. H. White of Winston-Salem, and w. Avery Thompson of Hallsboro. Report on History Col. G. W. Gillette, executive di rector of the authority, made a re port on the past history and de velopment of the authority to the members. The meetings here and in Wilmington are being held in order to give the members of the authority a first-hand view of the staff, problems, and facilities at the ports. Before the meeting was formally started. Col. Gillette took the mem bers on a tour of the Morehead City port facilities. The proposed repairs to the old dock were dis cussed at that time. In his report, Col. Gillette point ed out that when the ports were opened only five per cent ol the industry in the slate was located east of Raleigh, and this percent age has grown along with the ports. ??We originally contemplated twice the storage space we have, he said, "and the need lor this space is very great." Col Gillejle also called for the appointment of one or two merce managers to spend their full time soliciting cargoes Ut the two ports. "TV porta are a big business in a highly competitive business he said, and emphasized that the two state ports supplement each "'"The port affects industry all over the state," Col. Gillette said In pointing out that the ports must first be sold to industries in the state. , Morehead Progress J a Holt, manager of the local port, made his report to the board. He also introduced the members of the staff here including Mr. Fea sant, assistant manager. During the last year, 198 ships have used the port bringing a net revenue of *58.000 Mr. Holt re ported. This includes 147 Navy ships 36 Standard Oil tankers, 11 Trumbull ships and four commer cial freighters. In the first six months ol this year, the port bag shown a prolit ol approximately **He reported on the development of the Dow Chemical trans-?hi? ment ol glycol from Kinston which will start sometime this wek with the first tanker, and the Navy lease of the two port warehouses for approximately *43,000 annually. "The port is on a fairly substan tial basis," Mr. Holt commented, "and our growth and future de velopment depends largely on ? good solicitation program. Storage Needed He emphasized the need for to bacco storagt and other equipment in order to compete for business. Following his report. Jack l*e, traffic manager for the a brief summary of his efforts to equalize freight rates in order to make solicitation ?f cargoes easier for the two ports. , . . , During the meeting Admiral Menecole, recently appointed vice president and general manager of the Stevenson and Young Steve doring company, spoke to the board and praised the prospects of More head City aa a port. The authority a continuing ita meeting today in Wilmington. Ye? terday decisions on port staff, cop tracts and the start of a warehouse building project were postponed until the meeting today. Morahead City Lions Plan Watermelon Cutting , At Thursday night's meeting, the More held City Lions club made plans for a watermelon cutting Thursday night at Gordon laugh ton's farm oa Crab Point. Mr. Laughton has invited the Lions and their families to be hia guests for the affair. Committee appointments were made and plana formulated for the club's activities during the coming year. It was announced that parts had arrived to allew the completion a < the playground equipment at the i recreation easier.