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Woman Pays >10 Fine; Friends Get 3D Days Judge Earl Mason Tuesday in Beaufort Recorder's Court sen tenced Margie Becton, Kinston Negress, charged with occupying a room in a hoarding bouse for im moral purposes, to six months in the Woman's Prison, suspended on payment of $10 and court costs. Judge Mason also told her to leave town by Tuesday midnight. The Becton woman was arrested at the house of Luke Henry Beau fort Negro, Cedar street, at 4:15 p.m. Saturday by Chief of Police M. E. Guy and Assistant Chief Carlton Garner. She was charged with public drunkenness, fornication and adul tery by police, but the warrant was amended in court to occupying a room in a boarding house for im moral purposes. Arrested with the Becton woman were Jack Chadwick. Negro, and Henry, each of whom were charged with aiding and abetting in fornication and adultery. These warrants were also amended in court. Henry's warrant was amended to read keeping a disorderly or bawdy house and public drunkenness. Chadwick's warrant was amended to read entering a house for im moral purposes and engaging a room in a boarding house for im moral purposes. Both Henry and Chadwick were sentenced by Judge Mason to 30 (fays on the streets. Chief Guy told the court that he had received a tip that the Becton woman, allegedly engaging in im moral practices, could be found at the Henry home. At the Henry home Chadwiek and the woman were found in a room in the back part of the house in an intoxicated state. Chief Guy said. He said Henry, owner of the home, was also drunk. Assistant Chief Garner confirm ed to the court what Chief Guy said and elaborated on the circum stances in which they found the occupants of the house. Henry, taking the stand, said that he was drunk and didn't know what was going on. His answers were given in .reply to Gene Smith, solicitor, when the solicitor ques tioned him about incidents prior to the officers' arrival. When asked if he always drank Henry said, "Yes I drink, but not all the time, sometimes I go clam ming." Later Henry testified that the back door was open and any body could have walked in. He said that's what he thought Chad wick and the Becton woman did. He denied telling the officers when they arrested him that Chad wick gave him $2 for the room. Chadwiek had nothing to say on the stand nor did he enter a plea. The Becton woman said that she had been drinking and didn't re member anything that went on at the Henry home. Fifth Coas Handles 1 Norfolk - Coast Guardsman iir - the Fifth Caaat Guard tfetrfc*. which stretches from the Delaware j border to South Carolina, handled ' 168 more distress and assistance caeaa during the pa ni year than } they did in 1952, according to the year-end tabulation issued today by the district's Rescue Coordination " Center in the Norfolk Post Of fice building. Last July turned up ia the Coast Guard's book as the all-time record < month in the number of cases with 171. Total assistance cases ran to 1,240 for the past year, while 1952's top was 1,072. Coast Guard officials said that the cases listed by the Rescue Co- F ordination Center are only those in n which Coast Guard units have ac- a tually proceeded to assist, result ing in many on-the spot rescues of c persons in immediate danger and e the saving of millions of dollars worth of property. Vessels Disabled At the top of the Coast Guard's breakdown of cases stood vessel disablings. The service assisted 450 craft ranging from fishing boats to freighters and tankers that were adrift, out of fuel, or disabled be cause of heavy seas, engine trouble, dead batteries or broken rudders. Vessels thai ran aground numb ered 158 and took second place on the Coast Guard's list. A hundred and six "medicos" were handled during the year by the Coast Guard. Some of them involved the passing of medical ad vice from the U. S. Public Health Service to vessels at sea with sick or injured persons aboard via the Coast Guard radio station at Oce ana, Va., while in many other "medico" cases Coast Guard craft removed sick or injured persons from ships offshore. Drowning Total 77 Total drownings for the year in which the ('oast Guard was direct [ ly involved by rescue attempts or searches for bodies, came to 77, May having the highest monthly number with 12. Summer months with their pleasure boatmen and bathers, were the busiest of the year for the Coast Guard, all having well over 100 cases apiece whereas last February had as few as 50. Fires, sinkings, plane crashes, collisions, missing and overdue boats and planes, maroonings and false alarms provided the Coast Guard with some 330 additional | cases during the year. Gloucester Demonstration Club Will Mm> Today Miss Mnrtha Barnett. home aKent, reminds Home Demonstra tion Club members that the Glou cester club meets today at 2:30 with Mrs. N. L. Smith. The Wire Graa? club will meet Monday at 7:30 with Mrs. Dolly Dudley. Taylors to Sponsor Supper, Dance for March of Dimes Mrs. Clyde Taylor, chairman of* the March of Dimes in Bachelor and llarlowe, announced yesterday that a covered dish supper and square dance will take place at Taylor's Community Hall, llarlowe, at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Each person attending should bring a covered dish. The charge for supper will be 75 cents for adults and .to cents for children and the tickets will entitle persons to attend the square dance later. Persons who come to dance it 8 p.m. and do not eat will pay the 75-cent admission fee. All proceeds will go to the March of Dimes. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Taylor are owners of the Community Hall Ind will bear the expense of plates, cups, light and other coats neces sary '?r the dance and supper. Mrs. Taylor (aid everyone is wel come Thus far. square dancers at the Community Hall have con tributed 916.10 to the March of Dimes, she said. looufort Folic* Toko Two into Custody Beaufort police took Daniel Dixon, Beaufort, into custody at 9:45 Wednesday morning and placed him in the county jail. An nie Dixon, a member of the family, aaked help of the police force. Of ficer c aaid that. Dixon had been drinking ami na In aa uncontrolla ble state. He was taken to the county jail by Chief of folic* M. E. Guy, Of ficer Mack Wade and Deputy Sheriff Bobby Ball. The chiaf alio arretted Ray Wealey Lawrence Wednesday at 5 p.m. Lawrence was charged with going 71 miles an hour In a 25 mile i Mayor Proclaims This . Wook as 'Jovcm Woo* Jan. 14 to 21 wftl be Jayceo Week hi More head City, tar proclamation rf Mayor George W. Dill Jr. Mayor DIN takL "The local or gntaatlan, along Nrtth the State and National Jaycees. have sM aaid* the week Of Jan. 14 <0 11 - lerveth* founding of the Jay and will commemorate the by recognlttag|Mi out re** and Lr* I Photographer Stakes I Claim as Publicist | Jeriy Schumacher, More head City photographer, is staking his claim for Mnrehcad City's best publicist. He reports that during the past year. 2S2 photographs he took in this area were published in news papers throughout North Carolina and in other states. He's positive that at least 252 were published because he clipped them and haa them in a scrapbook ? and it's reasonable to assume that they also appeared in many other papars throughout the coun try, papers which he has not seen. That's why he claims he's the town and the County's best puhli cist ? unpaid at that. Auto, Truck C*Uid? Yesterday in Morchead An automobile driven by William Gaakin Lewis. 1508 Shackle ford, Morehead City, and a hall-ton Chev rolet truck owned by Barbour Ma rine Supply Co., Beaafort, collided at 7:30 yesterday morning at 25th and Bridgea St.. Morehead City. Driving the trurtl vm Cecil Elbert Maan, RTD 1, Newport. Lrwia told Palr#pian Joe Smith of the Morehead City police force, that he stopped at the sign on 25th street but aid not see the truck coming east an Bridges He pulled oat and hit the truck on the right rear fender. Damage to the truck waa estimated at >100. No one was linrt and no charges were filed againat either driver. standing man in the community with Hie distinguished service award, therefore I proclaim the week a i Jan. 14 to 11 aa Jaycee Weak." Bather than making the Maa-W t he-Year award this weak, however, the Marahaad City iaictei hove decided to give it Mewday. Feb. 1. The U. S. Bureau at Miaae, tftXWirSMSK; tba enay In World War I. lt| it Guard District 072 Rescue' Jobs Marine Captains Brave Icy Waters to Salvage Jet \ NEWPORT Jan. 13? Mr. and Mrs. Charlps fill were business visitors in Wil lington Friday. Mr. Hil! attended district meeting of GE dealers. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Knott and hildren. Marsh Jr. and Ann, visit d her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal er Heath over the weekend. The Rev. C. T. Rogers of Tarboro isited his sister-in-law. Mrs. D D. larner and brother in-law, Mr. L. i. Mann, Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Heath of 'ove City spent the weekend with ,er mother, Mrs. Cora McCain. Mr. nd Mrs. Heath returned home last Vednesday from a two weeks' visit n New Orleans, La., where they pent the Christmas holidays with heir son, Tommy. Mrs. I. N. Howard, Jack Howard, nd Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Garner at ended the funeral of Mr. W. L. larris at Bachelor Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Garner went to taleigh Saturday to visit their laughter, Mrs. Floyd Harness and ter family and to attend the Hip todrome show. They returned lome Monday. B. R. Garner, Lionel Garner, Job Farrish, Leon Mann Jr., )ouglas Henderson, B. T. Smith, r. and W. D. Heath Jr., attended he district firemen's meeting at tocky Mount Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Herrington, )r. Marvin Herrington and Mrs. \rlyn White, all of Norfolk, Va., visited Mrs. P. P. Garner Sunday. Bob Montague and his motfeer, Vfrs. Myrtle Zaglul, made a busi ness trip to Greensboro Monday. Circle Meets with Mrs. Garner Mrs. Lloyd Nelson Garner was lostess to the Gertie Howard circle >f the Woman's Society of Chris ian Service of the Methodist :hurch last Tuesday n'ght at her home. Mrs. Stanley Mann gave the devotional and explained the purpose ol the Widening ^Ffllontr ship Treasure Chests whicfcjrw|rf given to each of the twenty rtt members present Mrs Floyd Garner, chairman, was in charge of the meeting. Fol lowing the business session, the hostess served refreshments of fruit jelk) with whipped cream and coffee. Mrs. Garner Hosts Circle Mrs. J. P. Garner was hostess to the Lib Mauney Circle of the WSCS Tuesday night at her home Mrs. Zeb Mauney. chairman, wel corned the twelve members and three visitors, Mrs. Ruby Woodruff, Mrs. Carlton Garner and Mrs. Jo Richmond, who were present. Mrs. W. D. Heath Jr., led the de votional on "The Soil- Our Mis sion Fields" and distributed the Treasure Chests which are to be used for the remainder of this quadreaniuin. Mrs. Mauney was in charge of the meeting. Routine buninees was transacted. Mrs. W. B. Allen asked the circle to meet with her in February and Mrs. Otis Edwards voluteered to act as co-hostess. Mrs. Claude Hen derson voluteered to perform the "sick and cheer" duties far the rest of the year. Mrs. J. P. Garner served refresh ments of chocolate cake with ice cream and roasted pecans, after which, Mrs. Doney Carroll closed the meeting with the spiritual life program. Mrs. Barnes Entertain Mrs. Sammy Barnes entertained her bridge club at her home Friday evening. Mrs. W. J. Kirby won high score and bingo prize*, Mrs. Ed Comer second high, and Mrs. Zcmi Millis traveling. The hostess ? By Pfc. JAMES ALLEN Cherry Point, N. C. ? Between $250,000 and $300,000 of the tax payers' money was saved last week by the voluntary action of two of ficer pilots attached to Marine Fighter Squadron 122 of the Sec ond Marine Aircraft Wing here. Captains C. E. Deering and W. W. Dwiggins braved the icy waters of P&mlico Sound to make possible the recovery of a $400,000 Panther Jet plane which had crash landed in the Sound the previous day. The necessity of recovering the plane from 12 feet of salt water before erosion further damaged the extensive electrical equipment, precluded the sending of profes sional divers from the Norfolk Na val Station. Captains Volunteer Learning of the situation, the two captains volunteered to go out with the salvage crew and do the necessary diving. Without benefit of underwater breathing devices and equipped only vfith diving gog gles, swim fins and sweat suits, they spent more than an hour in the 44 degree water in repeated dives to fasten hoists to the sunken plane. Arriving over the wreckage, they j dived to pin-point the location of the cockpit. Captain Dwiggins then went down to check the ejection seat to be sure that the safety pin for the seat firing mechanism was intact so that it would not fire while they were working near it. On subsequent dives, the two of ficers worked together to remove i a plate from the top of the fuselage in order to attach the hoisting cable. When they had accomplish ed this, thev encountered what proved to bo their biggest obsta cle. The cockpit canopy rod, of tooled steel and about 5/8 inch in diame ter, was in the path of the cable and had to be bent hack oufcof the way. "Getting the canopy rod out of the way was the hardest part of the whole operation," the two men agreed. In order to accomplish the task, they had to dive together, get a firm grip on the rod with gnth Jmnds. brace their feet against Ihe ade ofjjje fuselage, anrt-heate <Hth all tneir combined strength. Succeed in Effort They were forced to surface for air twice before they bent the rod far enough to clear the hoisting cable. On their next and last dive, they attached H?r cable and were mote than glad to be hoisted aboard the salvage barge, get m dry elothes and warm blank***. and down steaming cupa ef hot citWee. Salvage expert* estimated that 75 to 8? per cent of the plane's equipment ?riH be salvaged, thank* to the two aviators piaying the rale of deep sea diver* To the taxpayer*, this means between *t?0.0U0 and KMO.Mt in the packet. served cMcken salad sandwMiaa. cookies and iced drinks *t Ike end of play. Mary Millis Circle Meets The Mary C. Millis circle of the WSCS met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Dick Lockey with Mrs. G. R. Whittiker as co-hostess. Mrs. Reginald Garner gave the de votional and led the service of ded ication for the Widening Fellow ship Treasure Chests, which were given to each of the members for the purpose of collecting coins to be used in addition to the an nual pledge for missions. Mrs. Clarence Millis, chairman, presided over the business session. During the social hour, the hostess ea served chocolate pie with ice cream and coffee, after which Mrs Charles Hill gave the closing spirit ual life program. . Ifs Easy! It's Fun! IMPROVE YOUR HOME with amazing, n*w REYNOLDS Dt-k-Yours^f ALUMINUM KAUFORT HARDWARE CO., INC. PHONE 2-46M ?liiignaT, k < 3 U5MC Aste Craft To Sfeer Clear Of Target Areas Six Area* off Thk Cost* Are Closed for Doy, Nigfct Bombing ***.- An ap- 1 peal to Tar Ueel fishwnen, oyster *fil ,m"" bo*t en">"?iasts to r their craft clear ?( Marine ?Vkf^S!?? area5 came ,his rnrn 2^ Marine Lorps Air Bases, Cherry Point. Day and night bombinfe, rocket firing and strafing is now being iiw?? ?iUt in six areas ?" the K??t Carolina coaat. Effective Tues ]ay. <hese were closed to naviga tion at all times except for tar l? maintenance operations bv gov ernment vessels. p >rMi?IJOU?h, the areas wi" ?* Pa Tolled before operations com ?h J.?nd vessels in danger buzzed I - as a warning, it was em phasized that small boats cannot always be spotted, especially when moored or anchored jn swamp >ras,s, Several "near misses" in recent months indicated that small -raft owners were not familiar with tne location of danger zones. Postoffices at Atlantic. Morehead Lity, Beaufort, Oriental, Vande meer and Hobucken are posting public notices of the areas to be avoided. Authority for the estab lishment of the danger zones is ?iven as Section 7, River and Har XI* a1, A"f 8' 1917 and Chapter ?ma, Army Appropriations Act, Ju ly ?, 1918. A chart of the danger "Vil1 ap,pear in T"E NEWS UMES Tuesday. Largest ?f the areas is a three ^tatute mile radius circle from the point on the southern side of Brant Island. Included in the circle is J?ow Island and part of Sow Is in ii TV The zone is marked on V. S. Coast Geodetic & Sur vey Chart 1231 (corrected). The remaining fives areas are at Point of Marsh and are located as follows: i) A circular area, radius 1.8 statute miles, centered at latitude . miB" 12 sec- and lon gitude 76 deg., 28 min? 00 sec ii) A circular area, radius 0.5 statute mile, centered at latitude . min 1 30 and lon gitude 78 deg., 29 min., SO sec. ui) A circular area, radius 0 5 rfatue aile, centered at latitude 35 _2h ?i> min ? 12 ^ and lon gitude 76 deg., 28 min., 24 sec. iv). A circular area, radius 0 5 statute mile, centered at latitude 35 78 h'?o ' 42 ?"? 8nd lonS'tude 7b deg., 25 min., 48 sec. v) A circular area, radius 0.5 statute mile, centered at latitude f V ? ? ' 49 sw ' and lonK' tude 76 deg., 28 min., 12 sec. Comt ewerd Imum Reminder on 10 Cmtk .Southeastern Carolina fisher own and aratiifcaal w?lh?rs wn reminded by Ike V. S. ('?aat Guard today thai a ape rial port security ideatificatioa aaid praiasaiag Iran will ftp oa the araend flow of Ue Moratoid City postoffice bolldlng tomor row afternoon and all day Kitaday to take application tor lb* car*. Tin* Coast (*aard lasirs Ike cards to panens who* ocntpa tlon requires them to vlalt water front properties which might be placed in a restricted status by the Coast Guard in the Interest of safety or national security. All applicants at Morefeead City shank) brine with ??>?? some means of proving cUizrn lillH rrlJn,, WW IN vWHI jp A three-day educational Circuit Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses will take place this weekead m Beaufort. The asoemUy site wLH be I he ?a*ea Street Coloaed High School. Sessions begin Friday evening at 7 p m. and coatiaue through Sua day until ? 30 p.m The program will include discussions of prob lem* and progress made, skits and (lemotutratiuns The feature event will he the liublic talk. What is Your Destiny, Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. by a representative of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. J. A. Thompson Jr. Cast in Play Wary Frazier Paul, of Beaufort, has been chosen a member of the cast for "John Loves Mary" a threa act comedy to he presented Feb. 10. 11 and 12 by the Teachers Playhouse of East Carolina Col lege. ' ? ? - ? ? ? ? ? v- - Sea Level Hospital Board Of Trustees Meets Monday NWn's dvb Hears Albert Gaskill Albert GaskiB, aeeountant, was the ^eaher ? a aieeti* oi Ike Morefcaad City first Methedkt Church Men's Club Tuesday night at the church, lie gave an educa tional and humorous talk on in come tax. Mr. Gaskill outlined the advan tages gaiaed in a person's iaeemr tax from the coDtributiona aland point. When a person gives to charity or tbe church that entitles km> to iacome tax deduction. Following Mr. Gaakill's talk the ?ten had a round table discussion oa income tax. A buffet sapper was served to the 40 members present Songs and devotions preceded Mr. Gas kill's talk. MomIimmI City FifMMfl Amwn 84 Cafe mi 'S3 Morehead City firemen reported yesterday that they answered 84 alarms during 1M3. Sixty-nine were in town and IS out of town. Ten of the in-town alarms were false. 1 John Parker ot the fire depart ment said he bets the tiremea [saved at least a aiiHtoa and a baM dollars-worth of property. Girls Reported Miaaiag Two teeo-age girls of Boose, N. C., were reported to Morehead City police yesterday as missing from their hemes. The police were ask ed to be on the lookout for them. Both are 14 years old. have blond hair and blue eyes. One weighed about 110 pounds and the oth er 125 and was wearing a long grey coat. Several Groups Invited To Hear Mrs. Frank Leavell Members of civic organizations, all church groups and high school students have been invited to hear Mrs. Frank Leavell, home life counselor and author, when she speaks this coming week in the First Baptist churches in Morehead City and Beaufort. Mrs. Leavell, author of two boolcs, Building a Christian Home and The Eternal King, will speak l at 7:30 Sunday night in the First jjPaptist Church, Morehead City, and each night thereafter through Thursday. Her first appearance in the Beau fort church will be at 10 o'clock Monday morning. She wiU speak there at 10 o'clock each morning through Thursday. Pastor of the Morehead City First Baptist Church is Dr. John II. Bunn and pastor of the Beaufort First Bap tist Church is the Rev. W. C. Rob erson. Mrs. Leavell who works under the auspices of the Southern Bap tist Convention and is in the Sun day School Board's Home Curricu lum Department is being sponsor ed herf by the Sunday Sfbodl of the FtttjiBpti* CWI it/l^re head City. Mrs. Leavell is the daughter of Dr. A. U. Boone of Memphis, long time Baptist pastor. She is a grad uate of Shorter College, Rome, Ga.. and did graduate work at Pea body College. *Sea I-evel Community Hospital net Monday night at the hoaftftal and heart their aiwiual report for 1*3. Hie "annual" report toured about six weeks' o|>eration from Nov. 21, when the hospital opeMd, to Bet. 31. The statement an operation! waa presented by I. M whisnant, hos pital administrator. The average stay of patients, excluding new born, was 2.88 days. Eight hun dred three meals were served at the hospital from Nov. 21 to Dec. 31. The board passed a resolution commending Dr. Herbert F. Webb, resident physician at the hospital, for his services and extended him best wishes for the new year. Action of the executive commit tee which met Dec. 14 was review ed. Hospital fire and liability In surance was purchased and the trustees authorized the Blue Cross group insurance plan for hospital employees. Chemical treatment of water and fuel oil used in boilers was pro posed on the basis tkat it would prevent wear, but the proposal was tabled. Attending the meeting were T. A. Taylor, chairman of the board; Alvah B. Taylor, secretary; Frank C. Noyes, treasurer, Harvey Taylor, Julian Gaskill. Noilie Fulcher, D. Mason. John W. Smith and Win ston Hill, all of Atlantic. Herbert Styron, Roe; Romain Gaskill, Stacy; T. B. Smith, Davis; Wesley Willis, Williston; K I wood Willis. Marshallberg; G. B. White hurst, straits; Roland Salter, Bet tie and Dola Lewis, Otway. Trustees who did not attend were Cecil Morris and Clayton Fulcher of Atlantic; W. L Smith, Smyrna, and David Yeomans, Markers is land. Ready for the NEW LAW? You owe it to yourself to find out how the new Safety Re sponsibility Law will affect you as a motorist if you have an ac cident after Jan. I, 1954 and cannot pay for it. For complete details see or telephone S. A. CHALK, JR. Mutual Insurance Agency Phone 6-4336 Flrst-Oithens Bank JiWg. 9th & Arendell St. Morehtad City "SAVINGS TO POLICYHOLDERS" NOW! The inside story on TRfPLE ECONOMY ' ? *54 FORD TRUCKS New It Mta mw Stamford* far MWtaf? bit) mahm *?Wi of trade oparaHw #m?, M ?rf?l T-tOO, it r? for wp to 40.000 lbs. GVW, 60,000 Ibt. OCW. Four wW#lbof??, 144 in. ?? 192 *. / NOW! ta-Swing, LOW-FRICTION, Mfk-GMprwfo, OveHwed-Vehw, BmHM Mfints in oU modtkl US- to 170-k#. I Only in FORD Trucks I r?iri rrrrr >r art urn time with the mmtatration a] power par cubic iaeh mm Ml Ma any track engine Unci IV Lov-PMcTion, ekort-eiroke deaifn of Ford TMMk aattaas auta power -wasting friction up to tt% ? 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