Chamber Board
Meets Tuesday
Finer Carolina Chairman
Report* on Progress;
Benches Reordered
Dt W L Woodard and Holden
Ballau w?re appointed to the Finer
Carolina Contest steering commit
ter Tuesday night m a meeting of
the Beaufort Chamber of Com
merce board of directors.
N. r. Eure, general chairman of
the Finer Carolina conteat commit
tee, appeared before the board te
request their appointing two of
their number to the committee.
He stated that cooperation from
sponsoring organizations had been
splendid and that the complete
complement of the committee had
been named by the presidents of
the Rotary Club, Jaycees, Woman's
Club, Chartliter of Commerce, Fire
Department, Business & Profes
sional Woman's Club and Junior
Woman's Club.
tu ? J..*: ? ?/ ? ? ? it*.. ? :h .
i nr uuun ui 1111a cuiiiiiiiurt* will
be to make a survey of the town
of Beaufort as recommended by
Carolina Power and Light and in
light of the findings of this survey
select five projects and one alter
nate project for this year's contest.
Committees will be selected for
each project. These committees
will be expected to push their in
dividual project through to comple
tion. Mr. Eure pointed out that
this was rot a large project for a
few individuals to perform for the
benefit of the entire town but
rather that each individual citizen
would be expected to assist.
The general chairman reported
that at a recent meeting of in
dustrial forum speakers in Raleigh
Dr. Stewart of Carolina Power and
Light Co. reported that "a clean
town has more drawing power for
new industries than does the tax
rate." The word "clean" is used
in both major senses meaning
well kept public buildings; and
also wholesome political and mor
al conditions. Mr. Stewart further
reported that "it was the experi
ence of his company in seeking to
locate new plants that many pros
pects were driven away by sordid
appearances. This factor is one
of the main reasons leading to
the institution of the Finer Caro
lina Program."
Mr. Eure remarked that you
hear many people ask why "they"
don't do this thing or another, he
stated that it was his hope that the
steering committee would see fit to
select projects of appeal and inter
est to all of the citizens so that
"they" could each participate and
help. This, he emphasized, would
change "they" to we and us and
would generate a community spir
it excelling any that Beaufort had
known in the past.
The board of directors appoint
ed Braxton Adair chairman of
the chambeV recreation committee.
Mr. Ballou reported that the con
crete benches for the waterfront
are going to be ordered from
another firm. The benches were
ordered, but the firm with which
the order was originally placed,
couldn't meet delivery dates, Mr.
Ballou stated.
Board members at Tuesday's ses
sion at the town hall were Gerald
Hill, president; W. L. Woodard,
Braxton Adair, Halsey Paul, Hol
den Ballou, and Ronald Earl Mas
on.
Visitors were N. F. Eure and
Horace Loftin.
Accident Damage
Totals $600
Capt. Buck Newsome of the
Morehead City police force has re
ported damages in a recent Aren
deil street collision at $600.
The wreck occurred iit 6:30 p.m.
Saturday. Jan. 9, about SO feet west
of 9th street.
A 1947 panel truck, driven by
Holbart Scripture, 703 Fisher St.,
was backing from a parking space
when it collided with a 1950 Dodge
driven by W L. Styron, Mansfield
Park.
Damage to the front of the
Dodge, fenders, grill, bumper and
radiator, were estimated at *500
Damage to the truck was estimated
at S100.
Styron was proceeding west on
' Arendell street at the time of
the accident. The impact knocked
( the truck back over the curb.
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Mh * AfMfell St
Morefcaed City _
"SAVINGS
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Morehead Realtors Hear
Address bv Leon Hamm
Highway
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off Bridges which h a narrow
street, and at the same time re
duce the danger of children being
hurt at the school, which ia located
on Bridges.
Started In 19S0
flans to change the highway lo
cation were first presented to the
town in November 1950. Mr. Gihbs
showed the mayor and the town
attorney, Ueorge McNeill, what the
state had in mind.
According to the mayor, state
engineers had drawn the extension
of Arendell street so that the north
side, instead of following the rail
road track, veered northward at an
angle and then straightened out
and ran parallel to the track. This
left several hundred feet of space
between the railroad track and the
highway.
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that was done. The mayor nM Mr
replied tha( was so the rail
road could put sidings between the
main track and the highway
The mayor said we don't want
that and added that running the
highway (the part that carries
westbound traffic) so far to the
north would cut off the back part
of lots in that area.
At that point. Mr. Gibbs suggest
ed that the town didn't have auv
thing t? say abollt huw ,he s(#te
?" 'h? highway because the town
line did not include all of Aren
dell street in the western part of
the town.
Attorney Disagrees
The town attorney disagreed
Mr. McNeill said according to his
;rT''T ,he definition of
town boundaries, the north edge
of Arendell street "to the eastern
boundary of the Camp Glenn prop
the town8 n?r'h b?Undary of
Mr. Gibbs went back to Raleigh
and consulted with Brooks Peters
counsel for the highway depart
Ihti .h .Mr' Peters contended
that the entire street was NOT in
the town limits and therefore the
highway department could run the
north side of Arendell street all
over creation if they wanted to
Mayor Dill said that if the high
way department veered the west
bound part of the highway off to
the north the town linf would
Would ill (>"e Par' ?f ,he S,re('<
" " ' 0( ,own and the other
i. .. " wr<*k happened on
one half of the street, we'd have
jurisdiction, if it happened on the
other, we wouldn't. That would be
Z ,?i! " Said the ">**> r.
SO the highway department
m?Zh "r,k nrH ,ni'"
months later. The state had made
some concession but Mayor Dill
Mr GH.lL" ,0U' 0f linp" :,nd
bock ,0 ,ake his maP
Then the slate came back whh
can'' ?" c'?-*
to the railroad track because of an
?[*n drainage ditch that runs
along the north side."
Morehead City said '^over the
?''clup- underground lines
for drainage. The state said, "No
thats too expensive and the rail
road won't permit it."
There's an open ditch for drain
age in the west part of the town
'J*1* ,r?* and not in the rest
?-Lh V0Z1 because ,h0 '?* of the
land is different, said the mayor.
Then Harry Edwards, general
manager of the A&EC railroad
was contacted and according to
Mayor Dill, Mr Kdwards said in
stallation of an underground drain
age system was all right with them.
I ... C1onsuU?t,on Drags Out
All this consultation and palaver
?^ertdJ week* Meanwhile, the
state had opened the south side of
the proposed highway, preparing
the road bed for the part of the
dual highway that will carry east
bound traffic But the north side
stood in weeds and telephone poles
t "2 ?rolin? Telephone and
Telegraph balked at moving their
Poles but the company has now
agreed to get them out of the right
, of-way.
Meantime, the western section
of the town which figured in the
highway deal, was incorporated as
a part of the town. The mayor says
that now there is no question about
whether the entire part of Aren
* The Moreheact Bo*rd of Rnltors
held ? call meeting Monday to hon
or Leon Hattim of Greensboro,
the new state president of the
North Carolina Realtors Associa
tion.
Mr. Hamm was accompanied by
Harry Lewis, executive secretary
of the state association.
Mr. Hamm addressed local real
tors on the plans and projects of
the association for 1954. Among
those outlined by Mr. Hamm was a
slate license law in order to raise
the qualifications of prospective
realtors in the future.
Mr. Hamm explained that this
will increase the benefits and pro
tection to the general public in its
transactions with realtors.
He also stressed activities of the
National Association's Congression
al Committee in their efforts to
boost the mortgage market
throughout the eountry, which also,
will benefit the general public, he
said. ,
Mr. Lewis gave a short talk in
forming the local board of services
available to them from the state
association.
Members attending the meeting
were W B. Chalk, Charlie Freeman,
L. H. Vickers, John A Baker, Jer
ry J. Willis, Kenneth Prest, and
John L. Crump. The meeting was
held at the Sanitary Fish Market
and Restaurant.
Newport Contest
Chairman Lists
Two Projects
Charles Hill, general chairman of
the Newport Finer Carolina Com
mittee announced two projects to
day, construction of a playground
and "Welcome to Newport" signs.
Project one in the proposed five
project contest for 1954 is the
construction of a community play
ground. Mr. Hill announced that
the playground will be for the
younger children in the kindergar
ten age. The playground is to be
piaeed back of the new Methodist
Sunday School building.
Maj. Harry Livingston has been
named chairman of the playground
committee. Sponsoring the con
struction of the playground is the
Men's Sunday School Class of the
Methodist Sunday School. Mr.
Hill and Major Livingston both em
phasized that the playground will
be for the entire community.
Project two will be the placing of
signs welcoming travelers to New
port, Carteret County's Gateway.
. Mr. Hill said that M. C. Howard
has been named chairman of this
project. The Business Men's Asso
ciation is sponsoring the construc
tion of the signs. "They are think
ing of using reflective Scotchlite,"
Mr. Hill stated.
While CP6L suggests that a Fin
er Carolina Committee supervise
the five projects, Mr. Hill stated
that he planned to use existing
clubs and organizations. Each civic
group will sponsor one project.
dell street lies within the town
limits.
With the railroad approving a
line running parallel to the track
to carry off water, the state's argu
ment that such drainage was too
expensive still had to be handled.
At a Dec. 3, 1953 meeting of the
town board Mr. Gibbs presented,
by letter, figures on cost of the
installation of such a drainage sys
tem with a proposition that the
town bear part of the expense.
Town to Pay Part
The commissioners agreed to pay
111,500 or approximately one-fifth
of the total cost of installing the
drainage system so that the north
side of the highway will follow the
line they want. But, they said, the
town does not have that money
now because it was not set up in
the 1953-54 budget. However, they
will include the item In the next
year's budget.
The state, says the mayor, has
agreed to that.
So it looks now as though all the
problems are ironed out. If noth
ing more goes amiss, maybe the
"new bighway" into Morehead City
will be opened in 1954.
Sam Holloway
Who H? Bmii Employed by
FREEMAN BROS.
For A Number of Years
Has Acnptod A Position With
FREEMAN & NELSON
More head City
AND WILL BE GLAD TO MEET HIS
MANY FRIENDS THERE AND TAKE
CARE OF THEIR GROCERY NEEDS.
Track
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(gainst gambling in any form. That
paltry is spelled out in laws which
rule out t**tt!nj and "all devices,
contraptions and machines" for
gambling purposes.
Yet, said McMullan. a local act
permits just such a thing in Curri
tuck. Me declared that "the State
of North Carolina In this case is the
representative of some 98 or 90
counties which do not receive the
special privileges which are grant
ed to Currituck County" under the
1949 act.
McMullan told the court it is en
titled "to strike down and destroy
this uflald-be form of legalized
gambling, an evil which is now be
ginning to get a foothold in this
State." If it is not crushed now,
"it will continue to enlarge and
grow, and other counties will seek
the easy solution of financing coun
ty government by legalized gamb
ling until the State will be taken
over."
ii is not iniporiani, wiciwuiian
continued, that "no glaring evils"
have yet come to light at the Cur
rituck track. For "in the end they
will make their appearance, as the
history of all legalized gambling
demonstrates and shows."
McMullan's brief argued that the
law authorizing the track violates
the constitution in in.?ny ways.
First, it grants a special privilege
to one county. Second, it violates
the equal protection of the law
clause of both the State and Fed
eral constitutions. Again, it is con
trary to the constitutional ban
against monopolies. Finally, it
represents an attempt by the Gen
eral Assembly to delegate legisla
tive power "without the establish
ment of standards."
In the principal race track case
now pending before the court, Su
perior Court Judge Howard Hub
bard has ruled that the 1949 Cur
rituck act does not violate the State
constitution.
Hubbard dismissed indictments
charging three Portsmouth, Va.,
men with gambling. The three. W.
E. Felton, C. D. Stewart and S.
M. Truitt, were charged in test
case warrants sworn out by Frank
B. Aycock, Currituck lawyer who
has spearheaded efforts to close
down the track.
Wants Track Closed
In the second case, Currituck
citizen J. A. Summrell asked for a
court order closing the track as a
public nuisance.
In the Summrell case, Judge
Chester Morris said he was im
pressed with the arguments that
the track law is unconstitutional,
I but said he could not rule on that
question. He suggested a criminal
action on gambling charges. The
warrants against Felton, Stewart
and Trnitt soon followed.
The twin cases will be argued be
fore the court on Feb. 2 as First
District appeals are heard. The
court's spring term begins that day.
The three lawyers representing
the race track interests and Curri
tuck County say the racing asso
ciation has an investment of more
than $400,000 in the Moyock dog
track. They added the county al
ready has received nearly half a
million dollars and is due to get
another $150,000 at the end of this
fiscal year as its share of the dog
track revenues. This money, they
said, has enabled the county to in
crease its public services and at
the same time slash its tax rate.
Chairman Thank* Schools
For Cooperatiop in Drive
Miss Catherine Gaskill, chairman
of the March of Dimes in the
schools, today expressed apprecia
tion to the principal and teachers
for the cooperation they are giving
in the drive.
She said that money received in
the cards should be handled this
year the same as in previous years.
The children should bring the cards
to school. The money will be re
moved by the teachers and counted
before being turned in.
Teachers or principals may then
destroy the cards. Miss Gaskill said.
Council of State Approves
The Council of State on Wednes
day approved the extension of the
Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad
lease to Jan. 1, 1995. Approval of
the extension was a formality re
quired by statute.
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lected at the hall prior to the
supper and dame, making a total
of $164.35.
Mr*. Taylor said that food re
maining after folks had eaten
was auctioned off, some of the
cakes being sold several times.
Mrs. Taylor and her husband are
owners and manager of the Com
munity Mall and staged Wednes
day nlghi's event for the March
of Dimes.
Recruiters Visit Here
Tuesdays from Noon to 4
U. S. Army and Air Force re
cruiters will be in the Morehead
City postoffice and the American
Legion Hut in Beaufort from noon
until 4 p.m. each Tuesday to take
enlistments.
Young men between the ages of
17-34 with a high school diploma
7-YearOld Child
Killed Tuesday
Jsylene Hickman. 7-ye*r old Ne
gro child, km killed Tuesday and
live other school mates were in
jured when bottled gas tanks were
flung from a truck that went out of I
control in the Hickman Hill sec
tion. approximately four miles west
of Cherry Point.
The gronp of children were
walking on the left side of the
road facing traffic returning from
school when the accident happened.
The truck, driven by Charles
Bryant. New Bern Negro, skidded
toward ttie left side of the road
and when the driver attempted to
pull it back the bottled gas tanks
were thrown from the back of the
truck into the group of children.
Patrolman J. T. Jenkins stated
that Isylene Hickman was dead on
arrival at the Good Shepard Hos
pital, New Bern. Others received
treatment for their injuries. Two
were seriously injured.
and who can otherwise qualify are
eligible for enlistment.
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