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NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 504 Arendell St Mor?he?d City Phone 6-417B CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??< 42nd YEAR, NO. 104. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA' TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Babson Makes Predictions For First Half of 1954 Beaufort Firms Give Away $150 At 3 Thursday Four Win $25; Fifth Winner Gets $50 in Final Holiday Event Beaufort merchants gave away $150 in silver dollars Thursday at 3 p.m. in the final event of the "Pirate's Chest of Silver" Christ mas promotion program. Of the five winners selected four won $25 in silver dollars and one received $50. Thirty-three business firms in Beaufort gave away a to tal of $500 during the Christmas season. Those winning Thursday were Wiley I,ewis, Ann street; Alberta Fodrie, Craven street; Leon Swain, Orange street; Eva Wilson, Pine street, each of whom received $25; and Mrs. Theodore Salter, Front street, who got $50. The winning tickets came from Ben s Bicycle Shop, B. A. Bell's, Carteret Hardware store, the Vogue, and Potter's Dress Shop. Drawing were held each Satur day from Dec. 5 to 19 and on Thurs day. Silver dollars totalling $150 were given away at each drawing. Firms participating in the give away program were Barbour's Ma rine Supply, Beaufort Department Store, Beaufort Florist, Beaufort Hardware Company, Beauty Bar, and B. A. Bell Jeweler. F. R. Bell Drug Company, Ben's Bicycle Shop, Carteret Hardware Company, City Appliance and Fur niture, the Coffee Shop, Dill's, Downum's, Duchess Beauty Shop, and Eastern 'RuJane Sales. Fashion Shoppe, Felton's, Guth rie-Jones Drug Store, Hamilton Furniture Company, Jarvis Herring Jewelers, Jef&* Barber SbofL Hol ders Restaurant, and Joe ftouse Drug Store. Ideal Cleaners, Jack & Jill, Johnson-Saunders Dry Cleaning, Merrill's Men's Shop, Paul Motor Company, Peterson's Grocery. Pot ter's Dress Shop, Rose's, Vogue, and Western Auto Associate Store. New Year's Eve Dance to Begin At 8 Thursday The New Year's Eve dance for county teen-agers will begin at 8 o'clock Thursday night at the Rec reation Center, Morehead City. The dance, a semi-formal affair, is being sponsored by the Future Teachers of America of Morehead City High School. Proceeds will go to the March of Dimes. Members of the FTA are selling tickets for the dance, but Mrs. Hat tie Lee Phillips, FTA advisor, said it is not necessary to have tickets. The admission charge, 50 cents a person, may be paid at the door. The FTA has planned a gala New Year's Eve party, reported Jerry W. Willis, president of the chapter. Committee members in addition to the president are Jerry T. Willis, Anne Lewis and Lynne Richardson. Mrs. Maurice Richardson is assist ing the students. Mrs. Gordon Skean, member of the Carteret Business and Profes sional Women's Club which is spon soring the March of Dimes, said yesterday that there will be cha perones at th? dance and she is sued a special invitation to all high school students to welcome 1954 by attending the affair. I Last-Minute Shoppers Crowd Stores Christmas shoppers in Beaufort and Morehead City were busy get ting in last minute shopping Thurs day afternoon and evening as the holiday buying rush came to a close. Grocery stores, variety stores, drug stores, and the liquor stores were getting the bulk of the late shoppers. Items for holiday weekend meals, last minute gifts, wrapping paper, ribbon, and Christmas cards were the main articles being purchased. Stores had hired enough extra help to take care of the rush and customers were taken care of with efficiency and spaed. The stores reopened yesterday morning after a two-day vacation to? allow em ployees to celebrate Christmas. (Editor's Note: For the first ti making his predietions six months ir part of his 1954 forecast appears bel six months of 1954 wilt appear in Ji I do not now believe in the J theory of most economists ? that business will fall off 10 per cent in 1954. with a greater decline in net earnings. My feeling is that everyone will unite forces to hold up business, at least during the first half, to its approximate 1953 average. This can be done by ex panding research, increasing adver tising appropriations, extending further credits, and obtaining la bor's co-operation. But. 1 say something much more important than the above; ramely. if business should slumv It per cent, the decline would pr? bably not stop at 10 per cent. Too many business concerns and individuals are working on a very narrow and slim margin. The decline in em ployment. with resulting business losses which a 10 per cent decline in gross would cause, could result in millions of families being un able to pay their bills and install ment obligations. This could set off a chain reaction, which could send business down 10 per cent to 30 per cent more, with a cor responding decline in the .stock market, commodity prices, and real estate. In this latter case, the Eisenhower Administration would suffer as did the Hoover Adminis tration. Publishers Reply In view of this possible serious alternative. I have contacted the leading newspaper publishers as to the attitude of their respective communities. Of these, over 970 have replied as follows: The peo ple of 30 communities are discour aged and want to liquidate; 297 communities are optimistic and want to buy and invest more; 643 are now content and in a strong position, but are waiting until they see how 1954 develops. Due to the results of this survey. I believe the chanfes are ten to one that at least the first half of 1954 will be fairly gM. Below are 25 definite forecasts which, in any case, should prove correct for the first six months of 1954. My forecast for the second six months will appear in this paper next June. 1. There will be no World War in the first half of 1954. 2. The Dow - Jones Industrial Stoek Average will be less on June 30. 1954. than on Jan. 1, 1954. 3. Taxes will be lowered by ex piring laws. 4. The priee of most commodi ties will be lower on June 30, 1954. 5. The Eisenhower "Hone y moon" is fast ending and he will have a hard time controlling Con gress during the next six months. 6. Retail sales can be kept up by manufacturers and merchants spending more money on advertis ing, selling, and developing new products. 7. The U. S. population will con tinue its present growth and the best prospects for sales in 1954 will be the "teen-agers." 8. Interest rates during the first six months of 1954 should average about as at present, except on the renewal of low-rate loans. 9. Farm lands, except near cities, will sell for less during the first half of 1954, when farmers' profits will begin to decline. 10. The Central and Southwest will not suffer drought as in 1953. 11. There will be more fear of World War III as years go on. Peo ple will gradually move out of cer tain large cities. Nearby farm land will be split up. A rise in the price of such fringe farm land is cer tain. 12. The U. S. Government will give less money to the European and other nations direct; but will help them through the United Na tions. 13. There will be fewer employ ed next June ? the total take home-pay will be less ? than last June. This, however, may be a good thing for the morale of the nation. 14. The present Administration will suffer much opposition to at tempts to reduce tariffs if profits decline or unemployment increases. 18. The Administration and the Labor Leaders will try to revamp the Taft-Hartley Bill during 1954; but bad strikes are coming. 16. I am no weather prophet, but experts expect a warmer winter for Sam Pickett Takes First Vacation in 48 Years SaaaMrkett, Beaufort tow* em ployee hr the last M years kas fllaalfy taken a week's vocstiow? Ma fint I Be kaa |w to Norfolk to vis It frionda and relative* aM will be back Jan. 4 to rontlnae hi. work witk the towa. reported Dan Walker, Inn dot. yes terday. mc this year Roger W. Babson is< i advance rather than 12. The first uw and the second part for the last une). the eastern portion of the U. S. and a colder Florida. 17. Canada will continue to boom during the first half of 1954, but this may be a good time to take profits on Canadian investments. 18. The above may also apply i o Southern California and its air plane and movie industries. Both may have reached their peaks for | the present. 19. Automobiles will be harder , to sell and easier to buy during !he first half of 19,54. Both the au ! tomobile stocks and the cars will | be in less demand. There will be i more bargains in used cars, dis- j counts on new cars, especially cars j of the "independent" manufac j turcrs. 20. Florida may have killing , frosts during the next few months, j This will cheer up California, Ari- j zona, and Texas. 21 The Korean situation will re main about as is? as the Chinaman says, "much talkie, no shootie." 22. There will be one or two resignations from the Eisenhower "businessmen's cabinet," replaced by "politicians." All is not going too well. The President is not used to being pressured by lobbies. 23. The first half of 1954 should be your best time to get out of debt or at least reduce your debt. He member that most bankers are in the business of ".loaning umbrellas when the sun is shining, and call ing them in when it rains." More over, you cannot blame them be cause the umbrellas really belong to the depositors, who also will want them on rainy days! Operate so you can clean up bank loans once during 1954. 24. Th* companies which will prosper most are those which have inaugurated effective labor-saving programs. Most manufacturers are learning that they cannot beat la bor through mere strikes. They are winning only as they purchase new labor - saving machinery, spend nxtfe money on research and on we 1 1 -directed advertising. 25. There may be some further inflation in 1954; but percentage wise to the total national output it should not help the stock mar ket. What will Eisenhower do? I have promised to answer the fol lowing four questions: 1. Is Eisenhower to take the ad vice of Assistant President Adams, representing certain Republican leaders, and turn to the left? Or, will he stick to his conservative election platform? Answer: He will stick to his elec tion platform. 2. To put the question in a more practical way: Will 1954 be a year of reform and economic adjust ment as promised by President Eisenhower, or will he give the country more inflation, and further play Santa Claus to labor, farm, high tariff and other groups? Answer: He is learning that "economic reforms" must be grad ual. 3. Will he run the risk of losing Congress in 1954 and the election in 1956 for a matter of principle, as did Hoover in 1932? Or, will he succumb to the temptation of changing his policy with an at tempt to "save his party?" Answer: He will run the risk of losing Congress in 1954, and the chance to run again in 1956. 4. Is a ''middle-of-the-road" pol icy practical? Will it serve both groups, or no group? Answer: Yes. it is practical for working a gradual change, and it should serve both groups. Christmas Day Brings Rain It was a dreary Christmas Day in Carteret County with rain fall ing steadily throughout the day. The temperature also dropped. The wind came from the north east and brought rain that was re corded at 1.41 inches by Stamey Davis, weather observer at More head City. Recorded temperatures were 44 maximum and 32 mini mum. Wednesday was warm with tem perature up to 00. but Thursday it dropped to 48 and down to 44 on Friday. Saturday it rose to 54 and was clear and sunny. Sunday was partly cloudy and sunny with wind from the east. The maximum temperature dropped one degree to 53. lowest temperature recorded was 30 degrees Saturday. Temperature readings follow: Sunday 53 32 Wednesday Thursday ... Friday Saturday ... Max. Min. 60 48 48 36 . 44 32 54 30 14 Carteret Men To Report Jan. 1 For Induction Fourteen young men of Carteret Cbuniy will report Jan. 7 to the Loeal selective service board to be forwarded to Raleigh for indue tion into the Army, Mrs Ruby Ilol land, clerk of the board, has an nounced. Those to report are Eugene T Davis, and Ira I). Murphy. Marsh alberg; Clifford F. Garner. New port; Otis E. Godwin and Allen D Morris, Stella; Harry R. Chadwick Jr., Smyrna; George W. Wethering J ton, Stella: and Cecil G. Tuten. ! Morehead City. Howard C. Fodrie. William Ward j King and William R. Vann, Beau fort; Rodney F. Smith. Atlantic: Harold M Jones. Newport; and Rodney C. Gaskill. Cedar Island. Vann, Jones and Gaskill are vol unteers, the board said. The local draft board will be closed from today to Jan. 3. It will reopen at 8:30 a m Jan. 4. Governor Terms Children's Party 'Huge Success' The children's Christmas party given Wednesday night by the Morehead City Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose was termed a huge success by H Earle Mobley. governor of the lodge. One hundred twenty seven chil drei^ of Carteret County attended the party at the Stcmk Houm? west of Mirfchcad City. Cars and buses were furnished by Moose members to take the young sters to the party. It started oft with Bill Norwood. Morehead City, playing Christmas songs on his ac cordian while the children sang. Santa Claus came for a lengthy visit at the singing of "Here Comes Santa Claus" while the children were having cake, ice cream, and a soft drink. Miss Lucile Smith, Morehead City school teacher, told a Christ mas story after which Christmas bags, containing candy, nuts, and fruit, were distributed along with toys. After the party, the children who wished to were taken to see a movie free of charge at the drive-in theatre. Mr. Mobley expressed his thanks and appreciation to all those having a hand in making the party a suc cess. Carteret Holiday Highway Accident Score Totals Four Vicki Dern Receives Medal For Heroism of Her Father Vicki Derii, 1703 Shepard St., Morehoad City, accepts the posthumnus award of th?i Air Mfdal for her late father, First Lt. Kohcrt I). Dern, USMC, from llrijj. Cien. A. W. Kreiser Jr. Looking on is her mother. The presentation took place Monday, Dec. 21, at Cherry l'oint. Vicki's mother is a (iirl Scout leader in Morehead City. (Official I SMC Photo by S/Sgt. Marty Krueger). Becton Family Receives Food, Clothing After Fire Sui.imary of Carteret Events to Appear Friday A summary of Ihc events of 1954 in Carteret County will ap pear it'hll*" Friday edition of THE Nad N-TIMES. The chron ology is compiled annually by F. C. Salisbury of Morehead City. Of all people whose names should NOT have been omitted from THE NEWS-TIMES Christ mas greeting in Friday's paper, Mr. Salisbury's was that name. It was on the ropy for the ad but was omitted inadvertently and the ommission was not caught when the ad was proofed. We regret the error but assure you that Mr. Salisbury extends season's greeting too to all readers of TIIE NEWS TIMES. We are pleased to present his chronology in the coming Jan. 1 edition. * Clothing and food wore given to William H. Becton and his lamily following a fire at his residence, 1200 Fisher St.. Morehead City, at 11:1"' a.m. Friday. During the fire a collection was taken for the family. Eldon Nelson, tire chief said, and the Salvation Army gave food and clothing to the liectons after the fire. The fire was accidental, Chief Nelson said. It started in a clothes closet. The alarm was turned in from Box 45. Clothes were being tossed out of the house when firemen arrived. Some of the clothes were ablaze. Chief Nelson estimated damage at $800. The loss was confined xto the clothing and the part of the house where the closet was located. Chief Nelson said Mr. Becton had insurance on the house and his belongings. The Becton family is now back in the house. March of Dimes Will Open With Sunday Radio Program The 1954 March of Dimes in Carteret County will formally set underway Sunday afternoon when Carteret County artists will appear over WMBL from 1:30 to 3:15 p.m The entertainers will present re quest numbers ? for a fee. The fees will be turned over to the March of Dimes. Mrs. Marshall Ayscue and Mrs. Wiley Taylor Jr., co-chairmen of the affair, said yes terday that persons wishing to con tribute to the March of Dimes should phone the radio station. Rive (heir name, address, the name of the person they want to hear, and the amount they will give to the March of Dimes. Firms Finance Program Time for the program is being paid for by the following firms | who ordinarily have Sunday after j noon programs: Morehead City j Garment Co.. Carolina Power and , Light. Sound Chevrolet. Garner's | Gulf Service Station in Morehead City. Earl Mades' Print Shop. Ra dio-Arts Center, and Potter's Sin clair Service Station, all of Beau fort. Two additional phones will be installed for the afternoon. The j numbers for those lines are 6-4417 and 6-32S9. The radio station num ber, 8-3188. will also be used. Mayors to Entertain ? Among the afternoon entertain ers will be Mayor George W. Dill. Morehead City, Mayor Clifford Lewis. Beaufort; H. Earle Mobley. Mrs. Ralph Wade. Capt Joe Rose. Bill Norwood, David Small, all of Morehead City; Dan Walker, Earl Smith, Miss Betty Lou Merrill, Mil Charles Hasscll. Sal Palazzo, all of Beaufort, and Tye Frost and His Melody Boys of Salter Path. Members of 1he Carteret Busi ness and Professional Women's Club, sponsors of the Mareh of Dimes, will pick up the money Sun day afternoon. They will receive, by car radio, the addresses of per sons giving to the March of Dimes. To Make Collections In the "collection squad" will be Mrs. Haywood Snell. Mrs. Roma Noe. Mrs. Odell Jefferson. Mrs. John Alford, Mrs. H. F. Lindsay, Mrs. Ruth Cubhage, Mrs. Joe Beam. Mrs. Walter Lasker. Mrs. Julia Tenney. Mrs. Gannon Ta1.be rt and Mrs. W. F. Merion. Cars will make collections any where from the outskirts of Beau fort on the east to the outskirts of Morchcad City on the west (includ ing Mansfield Park). Persons who wish to request numbers and live in other communities throughout the county will be asked to mail their contribution to the March of Dimes. Entertainers, in addition to those Tide Table Tidri at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, Dcc. 2!) 2:35 a m. 2:39 p.m H:5fl a.m. !t 00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3d 3:28 a.m. 3:34 p.m. 9:57 a m. 9:51 p.m. Thursday, Dec. SI 4:20 a.m. 4:28 p.m. 10:54 a.m. 10:43 p.m. listed here, will be contacted dur ing the week and if they consent to give their time and talent to the March of Dimes, they will be listed in Friday s NEWS-TIMES, Mrs. Ayscue and Mrs. Taylor said. B&I'W Club members who will handle phone calls at the radio sta tion are Mrs. Roy Clark, Miss Mar tha Barnett, Miss Betty Lou Rice, Mrs. James C. Smith, Miss Georgie Hughes. Mrs. C. L. Beam, Mrs. Eva Johnson. Miss Ruth Peeling, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Ayscue. Cherry Point Impressive cere monies were hold Doe. 21 in the office of the commanding general. Second Marine Aircraft Wing, here at the Marine Corps Air Station, as 8-year-old Vickie I)ern, Morehead City, accepted the posthumous award of the Air Medal for her late father. First Lt. Robert D. Dern, USMC. Mrs. Robert D Dern, Vicki's lit tie sister Teresa, 2, and Mrs Paul Dern, mother of the late Lt. Dern. 236 South George St., York, Pa . were present as Brig. Gen. Alex ander W. Kreiser Jr., commanding general of the Second Wing, made the presentation The Derns live at 170JJ Shepard St., Morehead City. Accompanying the Air Medal was the following citation: "For meritorious achievment in aerial flight as Naval Gunfire spotter in a helicopter, based on board the USS Missouri, during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from October 19 to Decem ber 21, 1952. "Completing eighteen missions during this period. First Lieutenant Dern participated in daring flights over enemy bridges, tunnels, gun positions and supply areas in the face of anti-aircraft fire. "Killed in action when his air craft crashed into the water on De cember 21. 1952, First Lieutenant Dern, by his outstanding skill, marked courage and devotion to duty throughout, upheld the high est traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country." The citation was signed by the i Secretary of the Navy, for the Pres- ; ident of the United States. In addition to the medal citation, Mrs. Dern and family received a person al letter of condolencc from the Commandant of'tfte Marines Corps. General Kreiser pinnedf the med al on Vicki and said, "Your daady was a true American and a splen did Marine." "I'm very proud of my daddy's Air Medal," she said later. Friends of the family and mem bers of Morehead City's First Meth odist Church attended the presen tation ceremony. Police Arrest Two In Connection With Dudley Case Morehead City police have arrest ed Earl Tootle, RFD 1 Morehead City, and Herbert Collins, N. 13th street, Morehead City, in connec tion with the robbery of Dudley's place, Morehead City, Monday night, Dec. 21. Collins and Tootle were arrest ed Monday and docketed for trial in Morehead City Recorder's Court yesterday. A tip that Collins was flashing a lot of quarters and dimes led to the questioning and arrest of both men, the police said. During questioning Collins im plicated Tootle as his accomplice, police said. Dudley reported to police Tues day that someone had broken into his place and had taken money from the jukebox and "vendor type" pool tables. Also he reported that merchandise was taken. His loss was estimated at $60. Police investigated and took fingerprints. Later police followed up the tip that led to the arrests. Manager Speaks J. A. DuBois, manager of More head City Chamber of Commerce, spoke to the Beaufort Rotarians about the All-Coastal Highway Tuesday night at the Inlet Inn. ' Four accidents occurred in the county on the day before Christmas. No one was seri ously hurt and other than the four wrecks, law enforce ment officers - reported a (luiet Christmas. At 11:50 Thursday morning Dep uty Sheriff Bobby Bell was deliv ering Christmas boxes for the Elks Club when he said a car turned into him on the Merrimon road 11 miles east of Beaufort. Deputy Sheriff Bell said he was proceeding toward Merrimon when a car parked at the side of the road suddenly turned left and struck his car, causing damage amount ing to $200 Driver of the car that struck the ! deputy sheriff was William Fill j more Nolen. Negro resident of i North Harlowe. Nolen was driving la 1950 Chevrolet and Deputy Sher ! iff Bell a 1952 Chevrolet. Damage j to Nolen's car was estimated at $25. Charges Filed i Nolen has been charged with fail | ing to give a hand signal and fail ure to yield right of way Donald Brooks of RFD Beaufort has been charged with drunken j driving and hit and run as the re I suit of an accident on Front street, I Beaufort, at 2:50 Thursday after I noon. i Four cars in addition to Brooks' i were involved Chief of Police M. I E. Guy said Brooks got in his car in front of the Colonial Store, hit a pick up truck in front of him when he tried to pull out from the curb, then hit a 1950 Dodge driven by Edwin Salter. Salter was proceeding east on the street and Brooks was weaving west. After the Salter car was struck. Brooks ran into a car driven by George T. Bridgers that was parked at the curb. After that, he struck the car owned by the Rev. W. T. Rober sod. pastor of the First Bap tist Church, Beaufort. Preacher Jumps Chief Guy said that Mr. Roberson saw Brooks coming and jumped in to his car but failed to get the sjiut before Brooks struck it. Brooks' car finally came to a stop aftrittat a parked 1963 Chrysler. The Chrysler was not damaged. The chief of police said he didn't know what stopped Brooks. There was no damage to the pickup which was in the process of being driven away, too. by Brooks' wife. Dam age to the Salter car. a 1950 Dodge, was estimated at $150. Damage to the Bridgers' car was estimated at about $10 and damage to the minister's car, a 1949 Ply mouth, was estimated at $250. Dam age to Brooks' car was estimated at $150. He was driving a 1953 Buick. He was released under $300 bond and is docketed for trial in Beau fort Recorder's Court this after noon. Charles Grafton Hunter, Negro resident of RFD Hubert, has been charged wih practically everything in the book as the result of an accident at 4 o'clock Thursday af ternoon on the Nine-Foot Foad three miles south of Newport. Car Turns Over State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes said that Hunter was driv ing toward Newport when his car went off the road to the right then it went back to the left, skidded at an angle over to the right again, ripped into a field and in turning over knocked down two apple trees. The accident occurred in front of the C. C. Jones home. The trees, owned by Jones, were val ued at $150. Patrolman Sykes said Hunter's car skidded and rolled a total dis tance of 351 feet. Hunter got a small cut over his eye. He was treated at Morchcad City Hospital and discharged. He has been charged with driv ing drunk, spading in excess of 55 miiles an hour, careless and reckless driving and driving after See HOLIDAY, Page 7 Guild Continues Sale of Booklets Copies of the booklet "A| Friend ly Visit to Old and New Beaufort" are on sale by the Wesleyan Guild in Beaufort Copies of the booklet will be distributed to tourist courts, motels, and hotels on highways 301 and 101 after the first of the year. In Beaufort the booklet may be had at the Beauty Bar. Potter's Dress Shop, and F. R Bell's Drug Store. Price is 50 cents a copy. Proceeds will go toward the or gan fund of the Ann Street Metho dist Church in Beaufort. Mrs. Charles Cheek, spokesman for the Wesleyan Service Guild of the church, said this week. The booklet was compiled by the guild and came off the press Dec. 2. It is divided into three parts. . The first part is "Beaufort Firsts" beginning with the will of James W in wright, who made the i first gift for public education ill * North Carolina in 1774. ' The second part is "Beaufort Yesterday," which dates back to over 20 years before the birth of George Washington, and "Beau fort Today" is the third part. The story cover* the liffe of the (own under four nations the Brit ish, the Spanish, the United States, and the Confederacy, and is writ ten by Miss Amy Muse, editor of the Beaufort News from 1941 to 1B4.V Miss Muse has also written another book, "The History of the Ann Street Methodist Church." The book has many pictures and is designed for easy reading. Tanker Sail* The Emo Scranton which arrived at Morehead City Sunday with a load of gasoline and fuel oil, left terday. Its port of departure was Baytown, Tex. Postmaster Reports On Christmas Mail The Beaufort Postoffice Christ mas mail volume lived up to ex pectations and was speedily cleared up each day during the season, J. P. Betts, postmaster, said this week. Figures were not immediately available, Mr. Betts said, but the volume was as large as last year's. Everything was "under control*' by Thursday morning, the day be fore Christmas. Three extra employees were hired during the Christmas rush. Everyone in the postoffice did a splendid job in handling and de livering the mail. Mr. Betts added. No delivery except special de livery and perishables was made Friday. Regular carrier service and rurral delivery were resumed Sat urday.
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