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42nd YEAR, NO. 101. FOUR SECTIONS? TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Hubert Willis Draws Half
Year Suspended Sentence
Queen Street Pupils Aid
Schoolmate III with TB
Pupils of Queen Street High*
School have gone all out to help
Warren Williams, sophomore, who
was recently ordered to bed be
cause of tuberculosis.
They have collected money for
him, $20 of which they spent for
a radio. (Economy Auto Store of
Morehead City gave them a special
low price on the radio, said L. R.
Johnson, principal of the school).
Other contributions include bed
ding, canned food, books to read,
pajamas, and robe. Arrangements
have been made to provide hiim
with fresh fruits and milk daily.
Warren lives with his step-father,
Otis Edwards, on the Lennoxville
Road, Beaufort. His mother died
several years ago after being ill
with tuberculosis. There are three
other children in the family, twins
6 years old and a boy of 3 years
of age. One of the twins is a boy
and the other a girl.
Warren played on the Jayvee bas
ketball team at school and is
greatly admired by his school
mates, said Mr. Johnson. Head
ing the campaign for gifts for him
is Miss Alice R. Hutchinson, of the
high school faculty.
Mrs. G. T. Spivey, nurse with the
county health department, said that
Warren will have to stay at his i
home until there is room for him
in one of the state sanatoriums
Warren's father works at Safrit
Lumber Co.
It was discovered that Warren
had tuberculosis when he was X i
rayed during the recent visit of the j
mobile X-ray unit to the county.
Car Snaps Light
Pole on Bridges
A car snapped off an electric
light pole on Bridges street 125
feet west of 5th street at 8:15 a.m.
Wednesday. Driver of the ear,
Anita Faye Nelson, 507 Bridges St.,
was not hurt.
She told Capt. Herbert Griffin
and Sgt. Bruce Edwards of the
Merehead City police force that
she was attempting to turn right
after leaving the alley that runs
between THE NEWS-TIMES and
Carolina Power and Light, but
6he lost control of the car, ran into
the pole and then hit a tree.
The right front of her car, a 1954
Chrysler, was smashed in. Dam
age was estimated at $300. Co6t
of the light pole was $60. The
driver said her hands were wet
and that probably caused her to
lose control.
Miss Nelson is a store manager
at Cherry Point. * %
Official Reports
On '52 Seal Sale
Mrs. W. I. Loftin, executive sec
retary of the Carteret County Tu
berculosis Association, reported
this week that the total receipts
in the 1932 seal sale were $2,023.88.
Of that amount 20 per cent, $404,
78 went to the $fate and national
TB associations and the remain
der, $1,619.10 stayed in Carteret
County.
Mrs. Loftin reported that the ex
penditures up to the end of the
TB association's fiscal year, March
31, 1953, were as follows: expens
es for the teal sale $438.29; admin
istration $01.16; health education
$572.08; case finding $200.16; and
rehabilitation $263.31.
These expenses totaled $1,566,
leaving a balance of $53.10.
The 1953 Chriatmas aeal sale is
now in progress and Mrs. Loftin
urged countians who have not mada
a contribution to do so as soon as
possible. Chairmen of the sal* are
the presidents of the Jaycee or
ganizations in Beaufort and More
head City, Ronald Earl Mason and
Paul Geer Jr.
Mill Creek Resident
Reports House Entered
Lester E. Haskett, Mill Creek,
reported to the sheriff's depart
ment Sunday night that his home
was entered Sunday afternoon and
a piggy bank containing almwt
$100 stolen.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said that on
Monday the bank, intact, ?ras
found under the house. No money
Had been taken from it Mr. Has
kett toM the sheriff and M. M.
Ayscue. deputy sheriff, that when
he returned home Sunday after
noon a man was in his yard.
It is believed that the man may
have entered t(e house and when
the ear pulled up threw the bank
under the house. Suspects have
been questioned but bo arrests
made, the sheriff said.
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Haywood Snell
Heads Jaycee
Yule Committee
Haywood Snell was appointed
chairman of the Beaufort Jaycees
Christmas activities committee
Monday at a meeting of the Jay
cees in the Scout Building, Beau
fort.
Mr. Snell replaces Charles Davis
who said his business prevented
him from serving. The activities ,
committee is planning a Christ
mas party for underprivileged chil
dren. Assisting Mr. Snell are Jack
McManus and Eddie Paull.
Also it was noted by the club
that a family in town is in need.
The club voted to help them as a
part of its Christmas program. A
Jaycee offered to provide shoes
for the entire family, Vic Bellamah,
publicity chairman reported.
It was reported that the raffle
of the shotgun, with proceeds go
ing toward the children's party,
was proceeding well.
The club voted to have its own
Christmas party Saturday night.
Sam Gibbs was appointed chair
man. Others on the committee are
Billy Davis, Carl Sadler and A. C.
Blankenship.
A report of the bread sale, held
last week, was given by James
Steed. He reported that the club
netted $86 from the sale conducted
last Wednesday. Another sale will
be held after Christmas. Proceed*
from the sales will go toward
club projects, Mr. Bellamah said.
As special guest apd speaker, the
Jaycees had C. C. licOliston, More
head City Country Club pro. Mr.
McCuiston toM the dull of his
former coaching eapericnces and
offered to tepch students of Beau
fort School golf fundamentals one
day a week at no expense to the
student.
William Sutton, new manager of
the Beaufort Theatre, joined tfce
Beaufort Jaycees Monday.
Temperature
Below Freezing
The first real cold spell hit Car
teret County Wednesday night and
yesterday as the temperature
dronped to 30 degrees above zero,
lowest recorded this season.
The 30-degree temperature was
noted at 6:30 a.m. yesterday morn
ing by Stamcy Davis. Morehead
City, official weather observer for
the county.
Yesterday came in clear and
windy with bright sunshine. Fore
casts predicted the temperature
would drop to 20 along the coast
and even go as low as 10 in the
mountains last night.
Daily temperatures follow:
Max. Nin.
Dec. 14 69 53
Dec. 15 57 38
Dec. 16 56 38
Morehead Firemen
Answer Two Calls
Yesterday Morning
Two fire alarms were answered
yesterday morning by the More
head City Fire Department. Both
fires were minor and were out by
the time firemen arrived.
The first alarm was turned in
from box 19 at the Port Terminal.
A short in a portable engine on the
deck of the tug Damyank caused
wire insulation to catch fire.
Crewmen on the tug extinguish
ed the fire before the fire depart
ment arrived.
The second alarm came from box
18. The occupant of the house on
906 Fisher St. called saying a brush
fire was threatening the house
The occupant then proceeded to
beat out the flames before fire
fighting equipment arrived, Eldon
Nelson, fire chief, reported.
Tide Table
at hnfllt Bar
niOH LOW
Friday, Dec. 1*
6:08 a.m.
8:27 p.m. 12:40 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. It
7:01 a.m. 12:34 a.m.
7:18 p.m. 1:12 p.m.
AuUay, Dec. 28
7:51 a.m. 1:26 a.m.
8:10 p.m. 2:22 p.m.
M?day. Dec. tl
8:30 a.m. . 2:17 a.m.
8:98 pjn. 2:08 p.m.
J-' - - ' ' ~anm.
? Judge George H. McNeill gave
Hubert Willis a six-month suspend
ed sentence Monday in Morehead
City Recorder's Court. Twenty
eight cases were on the docket,
most of which were traffic viola
tions and cases involving drunken
ness. Willis was charged with no
operator's licensc, operating a mo
tor vehicle while under the in
fluence of intoxicant* or narcotics,
and malicious damage to a light
switch belonging to Morehead City.
The judge suspended the six
month sentence, if Willis meets the
following conditions: pay a $25
(ine on the first charge and $200
on the second; reimburse the town
of Morehead City for repairing the
light switch or have it fixed him
self, and remain on good behavior
for two years.
Also he must refrain from driv
ing a motor vehicle for two years
and pay court costs.
Pays $100 Fine
The court, after hearing testi
mony, ordered Eddie Lee Howell
to pay a fine of $100 and costs on
the charge of operating a motor
vehicle while drunk and failing
to wear corrective glasses as pre
scribed on his operator's license.
Raymond E. Edwards was found
not guilty of the charge of assault
ing Lloyd F- Fillingame with a 12
gauge shotgun. Edwards was
charged with assault with intent to
See COURT, Page 2
Nurse Reports
On X-Ray Results
Mrs. Leota Hammer, County
Health Department nurse, gave a
detailed report this week on the
recent visit of the X-ray trailer.
Of the 208 persons X-rayed, 109
were without TB but one active
and far advanced case was discov
ered. This was Warren Williams. !
17-year-old student at Queen Steet I
High School, Beaufort. He is now |
awaiting admission to a sanatori
um. *
Seventeen persons X-rayed are
TB anapects, 17 tapd scars on their
lungs showing that they ted once
had a lung ailment. 21 *wio had
TB were shown to be cured, sfoj
cases of heart disease were disco*!
cred and 37 were shown to kavc
other trouble in their chests such
as pneumonia, colds or temporary
congestions.
The trailer stayed two days in
Beaufort and two days in Morehead
City last month. It was sent here
through the courtesy of the State !
Health Department.
Mrs. Hammer expressed appreci- !
ation for cooperation to Carolina
Power and Light Company for fur- 1
nishing the power for the trailer, i
to the S&W and Joe House Drug
Stores where people waited for j
X-raj and to Morehead City and
Beaufort High School girls who as
sisted on the trailer.
Cartoon Movie
Raises tyO
William Norwood, chairman of
the children's Christmas party
committee, reported to Morehead
City Jaycees at the Recreation Cen
ter Monday night that $60 waa
raised at the cartoon show last Sat
urday.
Gerald Murdoch, chairman of the
Lite ? a - Lawn project, announced
yesterday that 80 illuminated house
numbers have been sold. He also
said that the club was sold out of
zeroes and as soon as a re-order
was filled, tbey would be dis
tributed.
The Jaycees have 20 more num
ber! to sell, Mr. Murdoch said.
Part of the proceeds from the sale
will go to the Damon Runyon Can
cer Research Fund and part toward
Jaycee projects.
David Small, Morehead City High
School student who won the coun
ty-wide "I Speak for Democracy"
oratorical contest, presented his
winning speech, "A Voice of De
mocracy." at the club.
The club gave Mr. Small a $25
savings bond as award.
The club discussed top soiling
the athletic field.
Seashore Opens
Coastal Route
To New York City
Buses from Morehead
City, Beaufort Make Di
rect Connections
Seashore Transportation Co..
New Bern, claimed another first
Tuesday ? through service from
Wilmington. N. C.. to New York
City by way of the coastal route.
A year ago Tuesday the local
company established a first through
service from New Bern to New
York by way of an interior route
The new Coastal route buses will
leave New Bern at 5 40 p.m., go
ing north, and arrive in New York
at 9:30 o'clock the next morning.
Returning, they will leave New
York at 7 p.m. and reach New
Bern the next morning at 11:55
o'clock. Buses to New Bern from
Beaufort and Morehead City an<l
from New Bern here make direct
connections with the New York
buses.
The new buses will facilitate
travel between New Bern and the
coastal cities and will be of major
service to the coastal cities.
Wilmington. Jacksonville, New
Bern and Washington. N. C.. Nor
folk, Va.; Salisbury, Md., and Phil
adelphia are on the route of the :
new buses.
The Seashore company has noted
a great increase in ports, shipping
and the coastal cities recently, says
Robert C. O'Bryan, traffic manager
of the company. It had had a con
siderable demand for a service
along the coastal route between
Wilmington and New York. Tlu
new service is the result of that
jlemand.
Local transportation business is
off nearly everywhere, says tlx
traffic manager, and the trend is
toward long-distance bus travel.
Big diesel-powcred and air con
ditioned buses will be used in the
icw service, says Mr. O'Bryan.
Franchise agreements have beer,
made with transportation com
panies beyond the limits o( the
Seashore territory, and the passen
ger will be assured his same scat
frc*n the beginning of a journey
until he reaches his destination
He *ill be freed of the worries oJ
changing baggage from one bus to
Another. *
The buses will he equippc(fflPn
frdelining "leals. Air conditioning
doesn't mean so much at this time
of the year, says Mr. O'Bryan, hut
it means a great deal in comfort
during the summer months.
Elmer DeCamp
Dies Wednesday
Elmer Edwin (Shorty) DeCamp.
87. sexton of the Ann Street Meth
odist Church, Beaufort-, for the
past 20 years, died suddenly Wed
nesday afternoon of a heart at
tack.
Funeral services will be held in
Ann Street Methodist Church at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon with the
Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of the
church, officiating. Burial will be
in the Duff Purifoy Cemetery,
route 101, Beaufort.
Son of the late Sara Jane New
man and Edwin Reuben DeCamp.
he was born in Stanford, Fairfield
County, Conn. He had been living
at the Davis House, Turner street.
He died at the Beaufort Bar while
awaiting an order of food.
At one time Mr. DeCamp had
been a horse-racing jockey, lie
came to Beaufort from Norfolk in
1933.
Rotations, Wives Attend
Christmas Party Tuesday
Beaufort Rotary Club met for its
annual Ladies Night and Christmas
party Tuesday at Inlet Inn.
The Rev. James P. Dees, rector
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
gave the welcoming address to the
Rotary-Anns and David Jones, in
charge of gifts for the ladles, pre
sented gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Grayden Paul en
tertained the group of SO with mus
ic and songs.
Two guests were present. They
were Rotarian Alvah Hamilton.
Morehead City, and Ellis Bisclcr.
Raleigh.
Work Begins on New $80,000
Laboratory , Pivers Island
Junk' in Skipper's Pocket
Contains Old Spanish Coin
Skipper, 6-year-old son of Mr.
md Mrs. Henry Gibat. 506 Bridges
St., Morehead City, is just like oth
er boys. His poekcts are full of
useless, and at the same time, very
important things.
His dad found a eoin in Skip
per's poeket the other day. It
looked like a silver dollar. Closer
investigation showed it to be a
Spanish coin, minted in 1802, about
a century and a half ago.
Skipper said he found it in the
back yard and "was just carrying
it around."
There's a hole in the top of the
coin as though it might have been
worn as a souvenir by an earlier
owner. On one side is the pro
file of Charles IV. ruler of Spain
from 1788 to 18U8 On the other
side is the coat of arms of the
royal house.
Charles IV succeeded his father.
Charles III. Both were what we
in this day would call dictators.
History books call them despots I
or tyrants. ?
Charles IV is described by hislor- 1
ians as "sluggish and stupid to the
point of imbecility." His picture J
on the coin depicts him with a
sneering, silly smile. The hole
in the coin passes right through the
top of his head. Maybe it was put
there by someone who wished a
bullet hole were really there. If
you let your imagination run wild,
the ' someone' might even have
been a pirate who had looted Span
ish ships, got the coin among some
other treasures and as a result had
a price put on his own head by the
outraged Spanish government.
Charles IV was finally forced to
abdicate by the French. Only one
year after the coin was made,
United States bought Louisiana
from France. Louisiana had been
ceded to France by Spain and
France promised she would never
dispose of it unless to give it back
to Spain.
So Bonaparte ups and sells it to
the United States for $15 million
Five years later the French really
take over and make Charles IV re
nounce the throne. He gave the
crown back to his father who laid
it at the feet of Napoleon.
What a lot of history an old
coin can bring up!
? Construction started yes-<
terday on the new $80,000
laboratory on Piver's Island,
Beaufort. The laboratory is
being built by the United
States Government's Fish
and Wildlife Division, De
partment of the Interior.
Kventually it will replace the
two-story frame structure
now being use i by fisheries
investigators for laboratory
and office work.
G B Talbot, chief. M iridic At
lantic Fisheries Investigations, said
yesterday that he believes the
frame building will continue to be
used for several more years. Plans
call for removing it from the
premises.
A service building, the first part
of a major construction program
at the lab, was completed in July.
Construction was started in July
1952.
It houses heating and pumping
equipment, garages, store rooms
;ind work shops and was built by
workmen employed at the lab.
Actual cost of materials and some
outside labor is estimated at
$20.000 The building's total value
is placed at $40.000.
The contract for the new lab has
been awarded to J. M Thompson,
"alcigh contractor. Mr. Talbot says
the building is scheduled for com
plction by June 1, 1954.
Newport Businessmen Will
Give Prizes for Decorations
Typhoid Strikes
Island Resident
Lloyd Guthrie. 32, darkens ls
Itancfc U confined to Morche.id City
Hospital, suffering ftai t J|oiil
lever, according to a report liom
the Carteret County Health De
partment.
The health department reported
that Rudolph Parkins Jr., 2-year j
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph
Parkins, Beaufort, has fully re
covered from a recent attack of ty
phoid.
Water on Ilarkers Island has
been tested and the disease could
not be traced to that, according
to the health department. The
Parkins child contracted the dis
ease from a carrier of the typhoid
germ.
Residents of Harkers Island have
been receiving inoculations given
by the health department at the
school. On Dec. 8, the first day the
shots wpre given, persons inocula
ted numbered 388. A scries of
three shots are necessary for im
munity if booster shots are not
taken yearly.
Because some Harkers Island
children attend Smyrna School, the
health department is also giving
inoculations there.
? A contest, sponsored by the New -i
I port Business Men's Association,
will be held in connection with
decorations of homes in Newport
:luring I he, Christmas holidays.
C harles Hill, president of the asso
ciation, announced Tuesday.
Decorations will be judged on
beauty and Originality. All homes
i wjfftffc tfK* IflWir tiwujire included.
aAmll anlWwc east of highway
7*1 to ?Main's Trailer Park and
west on highway 70 to Superior
Mill Works Three prizes will be
given. The first prize will be $15,
the second $10. and the third. $5.
All prizes will be cash.
Judges will be selected by the
association. Mr. Hill said. The
homes will be judged Dec. 22.
Frizes will be given at the fire
men's Christmas tree party Dec. 24.
The association, at a meeting
Monday niuht in Newport, voted vo
give $1(X) to the firemen to pay lor
town Christmas lights and to be
used for the firemen's Christmas
party for underprivileged children.
The association also went on rec
ord approving the proposal of the
State Highway Commission to
widen highway 70 through New
port. Plans call for widening the
street 2 or 3 feet, Mr. Hill said.
Following the business meeting,
J. A. DuBois, manager of the More
head City Chamber of Commerce,
spoke to the association about the
All-Coastal Highway Association.
Turkey Shoot Will Raise
Fund for Newport Charity
C. T. Cannon and a group of*
friends will hold their annual tur
key shoot Saturday for Newport
charity cases. The shoot will start
at 1 p.m. at Newport Tractor and
Equipment Co.
The shoot, an annual event for
nearly a dozen years, attracts
women as well as men from both
Craven and Carteret Counties.
Last year three women were win
ners and the shoot was so popular
that two boards were used.
Those unable to attend but wish
to contribute to the cause of char
ity may send their donation to Mr.
Cannon at Newport. If donors wish
they may request that someone
shoot for them. Should such a
shoot bag a turkey, Mr. Cannon
will notify the winner to come get
his bird. v
Indonesians Arrive at Island Lab
Two fishery officers from Indo
nesia who have been attending
SUte College. Raleigh, arrived at
the United SUtea Fish and Wild
life laboratory, fiver's Island,
Monday afternoon.
Studying in thjs country for a
year under the Point Four pro
gram, the Indonesiana, Raden Soe
roto and Raden Kooatedjo, will re
turn this weekend to Raleigh where
they will continue studies in sta
tistics for another semester.
On Tuesday tbe two representa
tives of the Indonesian Sea Fishery
Department went through the Wal
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lace fish factories, Morehead City.
"I regret that we did not aee the
plant in operation," said Mr. Soe
roto who spoke English quite well.
The recent rough weather has pre
vented menhaden boats from going
out.
On Wednesday the men. accom
panied by G. D. Talbot, chM, Mid
dle Atlantic Fishery Investigations,
visited the Institute of FMerin
Research. Morehead City. Yeater
day they worked at the Fhwrl
bland station.
Mr. Soeroto expressed the hope
that they would be able to vWt
a fisherman's family here. "I'd
just like to talk to them. I'm very
interested in how your people live,"
he said.
Mr. Koostedjo is married and
has a daughter. Mr. Soeroto is
married and has three boys and
two girls. Both are quite proud of
their familie* and carry their pic
tures in their wallets.
When asked how they were se
lected to study in this country, Mr.
Soeroto said it was mostly a case
of were they willing to come.
"Some o i our wives, you know,
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Telephone Co.
Improves Service
At Swansboro
Recently placed outside cable will
bring expanded telephone service
to residents of Swansboro when
these facilities are "cot-ovcr" into
service at 7 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing.
At that time, telephone subscrib
ers should begin using the new
number recently placed on the
number plate of their' telephone
instrument.
Dan Clark, local manager for
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph
Company ?aid the newly placed
cable will now enable the company
to provide ample telephone facilit
ies for Swansboro.
Up to now, he continued, there
have been 25 or 30 applications for
telephone service that we have
been unable to fill. With these
new and expanded plant facilities
we can fill these and additional
requests for telephone service in
Swansboro, he said.
Placing of the new cable facilit
ies ha* required the changing of
many, if not all telephone numbers
In 8wan*boro. Temporary director
ies with the new numbers have
been issued and a Swansboro sec
tion will be in the Jacksonville
directory when it is published next
Worker to Take
Claims Dec. 23
Mrs. Julia Tenney, forfner mana
**r of Urn
OimmisaicnT officc . Mor^berv? City,
announced this week that she will
be in the office Wednesday. Dec.
23, to take unemployment insur
ance claims.
The office i* located on 4th
street, Morehead City, in the Jef
ferson Restaurant building- Her
hours will be 0:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
Mrs. Tenney is now with the
Jacksonville office of the Employ
ment Security Commission, having
transferred there when the More
head City office closed Dec. 11.
Interviewers from other offices.
(Jacksonville or New Bern) will
visit Morehead City twice monthly,
the second and fourth Wednesday
The first visit in January will
be Jan. 13. Persons in the county
who want jobs or employers seek
ing workers should contact the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce which is now operating an
employment agency.
Doctors Elect
Dr. Manly Mason
Dr. Manly Mason. Newport, was
elected president of the Carteret
County Medical Association at the
Morehead City Hospital Monday
night.
Other officers elected are Dr.
Theodore Salter, of Beaufort, secre
tary-treasurer; and Dr. Ben F.
Royal and Dr. John W. Morris, of
Morehead City, house delegates to
the State Medical Association.
Following election of officers.
Dr. Dale T. Miilnn. urologist of
New Bern, addressed the group.
Dr. Herbert F. Webb, resident
physician at Sea Level Community
Hospital was a guest. With him
were two Duke Medical students
who have been interning at the hos
pital. They were Dr. John Ver
non who left Wednesday and Dr.
Leonard Rothstein who will leave
Sunday.
County Recorder's Court
Convenes at 10 Today
Carteret County Recorder's Court
will be held today, the session be
ginning at 10 o'clock.
There wu no court Tuesday, the
regular day. because the Judge,
Lambert Morris, was at Ports
mouth on a hunting trip and could
not get back.
The judge faces a long docket be
cause there wss no court last week.
Superior Court was In session.
Santa to Ride Track
Santa Claus will ride down Aren
dell street Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
on the fire truck. Firemen of the
Morehead City Fire Department
will distribute gifts of (ruit to chil
dren.
Beaufort Woman
Goes to Prison
Judge Earl Mason Invokes
Six-Month Suspended
Sentence Tuesday
Beaufort Recorder's Court Tues
day sentenced Henriett;! Merrill,
liar Red with public drunkenness
in-.l public nuisance, to six months
in the Woman's Prison.
The Beaufort woman was found
guilty of public drunkenness last
week in recorder's court and Judge
Karl Mason sentenced her to six
months in prison, suspended if she
remained on two years good be
havior and paid court costs.
After being arrested again for
drunkenness. Judge Mason ordered
the suspended sentence invoked.
She was committed to the prison
ruesday.
14 Cases Heard
The court, in hearing 14 cases
made up of public drunkenness
and traffic violations, imposed a
sentence of 30 days in jail to work
the streets on Clarence Maddin,
charged with public drunkenness.
Sentence will he suspended if the
lefendant pays costs and remains
on good behavior.
Art is Robinson, charged with
public drunkenness and carrying a
?once-ilcd weapon, also was sen
tenced to 'to days on the streets.
! I is sentence will be suspended on
payment of costs, the court said.
The court ordered Herman Tyn
dell Gillikin. charged with speed
ing and failing to stop at a stop
iign, to pay $10 fine and costs.
John llcnry Bailey, charged with
illowing an unlicensed person to
operate a motor vehicle, was fined
$10 and costs. The youth driving
the vehicle was turned over to the
.?ounty juvenile court.
Costs l*aid
Court costs were ordered paid in
the following:
Calv?n drunk
enness; Freddie Lee Johnson, care
less ar.d reckless driving; and Alex
William Lewis, failing to stop at a
stop sign.
George Turner Jr., charged with
public drunkenness, requested a
jury trial and was bound over to
Superior Court.
The case against Cecil Aster
Raper, charged with failing to give
the light of way causing an acci
dent, was dismissed.
Cases continued were Joseph W.
Dye, failing to stop at a stop sign;
John George, no operator's license;
and Reynolds C. Searlc, failing to
stop at a stop sign.
The state decided not to prose
cute at this time Edward Barrett,
charged with public drunkenness.
Fire Truck
Goes to Davis
The Beaufort fire department
answered a call to Davis Tuesday
morning where several homes were
threatened by a brush and marsh
fire.
E. M. Foreman, county fire war
den, said yesterday that approxi
mately 60 acres of pasture and
marsh burned. The fire was on the
east side of Davis toward the Oys
ter Creek bridge. Roma Willis, en
gineer at the Beaufort fire depart'
ment, reported.
Fire truck No. 5 left the station
at 10 a.m. and returned at noon.
The wind blew flames toward the
houses and alarmed residents who
called the fire station.
Mr. Foreman said that he back
fired around the houses and pre
vented the flames from reaching
the dwellings.
12-Year-Old Boy Flown
To Sea Level Hospital
David Esham. 12, Ocracoke, was
flown to Sea Level Community
Hospital Monday afternoon where
he underwent an emergency appen
dectomy.
He was reported Wednesday to
be recovering nicely. The opera
tion was performed by Dr. Herbert
F. Webb, resident physician at the
hoipital.
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