Businessmen
Make Protest
About Peddlers
John Haynes. manager of Rose's
5 & 10 Cent Store, and Jack Neal,
owner of Carteret Hardware, ap
peared before the Beaufort town
board Monday night and asked the
town if an ordinance could be
passed that uould keep transient
business people from doing bus
iness in town.
They said that a peddler of cook
ing utensils has been selling his
wares from a yard on Front street
on Saturdays.
Mr. Haynes commented that the
merchandise is "cull" merchandise
but he added that some of the pri
ces being charged are more than
the cost of firs! class merchandise
sold in stores.
He remarked that such business
men are coming into town and by
paying $10 are able to sell goods
in competition with other mer
chants. Mr. Haynes said that the
business license paid by Hose's
store is considerably more than
$10.
"We're not complaining about I
how much we pay, but these people
that pay just $10 don't pay rent
here for a building, they don't hire
Beaufort help, they just take the
money they get and go," he de
clared.
Dan Walker, town clerk, said
that the license to sell the pots
and pans was sold to R. C. Price
who paid $10 in accordance with
the business license schedule in
force in Beaufort.
Mr. Neal said, "Something
should be done to keep these fly-by
nights out. The fact that some are
here just encourages more to
comc.
The board discused the possibili
ty of drafting an ordinance to keep
traveling businessmen out. Mr.
Walker commented that by state
law a man growing his own pro
duce may come into a town to
sell it.
lie remarked that a man from
Florida was selling oranges in
Beaufort recently, but he had
showed the clerk papers signed by
the county farm agent in his home
county in Florida affirming that I
the man had gVown the fruit him
self.
Some doubt was expressed as to
whether the town could prevent
undesirable businessmen from com
ing into the town. Mr. Walker sug
gested that unless a businessman
show proof that he had paid rent or
leased a building to do business
that he not Ik* issued a license.
Gene Smith, town attorney, was
requested to write George Frank
lin of the league of Muncipalities
to find out whether other towns
had handled the problem success
fully.
Negro Hurt
With Ice Pick
James Henry, Beaufort Negro,
was treated at the Morehead Oil v
Hospital Tuesday night for a stab
in his left shoulder inflicted by
an ice pick.
Assistant Chief of Police Carl
ton Garner was called to the hos
pital where Henry told him that
the wound was accidental. He
said he was kidding his wife as
she was washing dishes about 7:30
and she picked up the ice pick
and jammed it in his shoulder.
He said it was all in fun and he
didn't want to press charges. As
sistant Chief Garner said that a
witness to the incident vertfied
Henry's statements.
The wounded man was taken to
the hospital in Garfield Suggs' taxi.
He was discharged after treatment.
Firemen Collect
Clothes for Gibbs
Clothes arc being collected by
the Morehead City Fire Depart
ment for the Edward Gibbs family,
1000 Avery St., Morehead City.
Must of the clothing of the family
was damaged in a fire Jan. 28.
The Gibbs family consists of
eight children ranging from 4 to IS
years old. There are three boys
and five girls. Mr. Nelson said.
Persons bavins clothes for the
I family are asked by Fire Chief
Kldon Nelson to bring them to the
fire station or call the fire station
and the firemen will call for the
clothe*.
Rotarians Hear
Six-Month Reports
A report of club activities for
the first six months of the Rotary
year was heard by members of the
, Newport Rotary Club Monday at a
meeting in the school cafeteria.
Chairmen of committees report
; ed on activities of their committees
during the past six months. A.
K. Craig, club president and pro
1 gram chairman Monday, lauded the
committee's work, but emphasised
. the fact that there was still a lot
I to be done.
The Rotary year starts July 1
and ends June 30.
Club visitor, were Bob Howard
1 and Bill Carltoo of Morehead City.
A glaas quart measure with a
rounded bottom is useful for mix
Rural Fire Association Demonstrates
New Truck at Set Fire Wednesday
A four-room dilapidated house on the old Ben Noe farm,4
highway 101, was Bet afire at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday as
part of the demonstration of the Beaufort Rural Fire Asso
ciation truck.
Little advance notice of the demonstration was given
because L. D. Springle, chairman of the Fire Association,
Mystery Corpse
Is Identified
As Soldier
Cherry Point, N. C. -- Through
the close cooperation of the Ma
rine Corps Air Station G-2 (Inves
tigation) section, FBI headquar
ters in Washington and North Car
olina civil authorities, the body dis
covered in Croatan National For
est on Jan. 19 has been identified.
The dead man was named by
FBI fingerprint experts as Private
First Class Noa Auburn Hopkins,
25, a soldier absent without leave
from Fort Eustis, Va., since Dec.
14
A native of Paulding County, Ga.,
his last known home address was
655. South Grand Ave. N. W., At
lanta, Ga.
Positive identification was made
possible by prints taken by Fred
Boyd a fingerprint specialist and
identification officer for the city
of Kinston, N. C.
Prints Taken to Capital
The. prints were flown to Wash
ington by Master Sergeants John J.
Regan and Gene McJunkin of the
G-2 section on Jan. 25. The FBI
notified G-2 of identification by
wire on Jan. 28. On Jan. 31, the
same government agency wired the
additional information on his ser
vice status, which was relayed to
Fort Eustis authorities by G-2 the
same day.
The deceased's brother, Ever
ett J. Hopkins of 2510 Hoods Ave.
N. W . Atlanta, came to Cherry
Point last Monday and confirmed
identification through photographs
and the unusual tatto discovered
on the upper right arm of the
corpse by Mr. Boyd during his ex
tensive examination of the body.
Last Seen Dec. 12-13
When last seen in the Fort Eus
tis area on Dec. 12 or 13, Noa Hop
kins was known to have been driv
ing a 1952 Bel Air, two door Chev
rolet. with orange body and cream
top, bearing Georgia license plates.
No trace ol this automobile has
been found.
Records reveal that he was in the
Merchant Marine from June 1944
to August 1953, the same month
he was inducted into the Army.
The then unidentified body was
buried in the National Cemetery
at New Bern ?n Jan. 27 It is
understood that the surviving
brother has requested the Army to
have the remains disintered and
taken to Atlanta for burial.
No clue as to how young Hop
kins met his death has yet been un
covered by investigating officers,
although foul play is suspected
from the bludgeoned condition of
the body.
January Court Receipts
Amount to $1 1 .371 .40
Court receipts for the county f or
the month o[ January totaled $11,
371.40, A. H. James, clerk of su
perior court, reported to the county
board Monday morning.
Received through County Record
er's Court was $2,925.50, through
Superior Court $65.15, Morehead
City Recorder's Court $1,555.25,
Justice of the Peace Lawrence Has
sell $80, and probate and clerk's
fees, $96.50.
Other funds were bonds posted
and were returned to defendant* af
ter they appeared for trial.
You Did It!
no ? mr
March of Dimos
'said nc icaren loo large a crow
vtould make it impossible to show
how effectively the new truck
operates.
The house that was set afire is
owned by James Noc. Beaufort,
and has long been abandoned. It
used to be John Bunyan's hangout.
John Bunyan was a well-known
Beaufort character but now he's
working on a farm at a state-main
tained hospital.
Cans of kerosene were poured
inside the house. An old pine tree
was dragged inside too. John
llaynes who was standing nearby
chuckled over the fact that they
had to put MORE wood on.
The wind was blowing from the
south toward a wide open pasture
on the other side of the house. A
match was put to the parts soaked
with kerosene and within three
minutes tiny tongues of or?r.?c
flame could be seen dancing up ihe
outside walls.
Smoke Pours Out
Black smoke was belching from
the roof and everyone had their
ears cocked for the Beaufort fire
alarm. It looked for a couple sec
onds as though the whole place
would burn down before the fire
men decided to start out from
town.
Arrangements had been made
for the alarm to be rung at 2:30.
At 2:31 she sounded and everyone
craned their necks to be the first
to catch glimpse of the trucks.
Shouts of, "There she comes,"
"Get out of the way," "Here she
comes," were heard as the sound
of the sirens were carried ahead
by the wind.
Moves Traffic
Stale Highway Patrolman J. W.
Sykes kept highway traffic moving
while a plane circled overhead and
got a bird's-eye view of the excite
ment.
The fire trucks were preceded
by Chief of Police M. E. Gyy and
Officer Maxwell Wade in the Beau
fort police car. Then came truck
No. 5 oi the Beaufort fire depart
ment driven by Engineer Roma
Willis. Assistant Fire Chief Her
bert Whitehurst was driving the
Rural Fire Association truck.
Men jumped from both trucks
and ran the hoses up to the house.
In two minutes the 1,000-gallon
tank on the Rural Fire Association
truck was hitched to the pumper
and in three minutes two heavy
streams of water were pouring on
the burning house.
In seven minutes the fire was
under control and in eight more
minutes the fire was out. Only 500
gallons of water from the Rural
truck were used. ?
Presides at Ceremony
Follow inK the demonstration,
Fire Commissioner J. P. Harris
presided at the ceremony in which
Chairman Springlc gave title to
the truck (o Mayor Clifford Lewis
of Beaufort. Under the agreement
between the association and the
town, the association has the right
io take full possession of the truck
any time. The town is acting as
trustee.
Commissioner Harris paid tri
bute to the persons and firms that
contributed to buying and equip
ping the truck. Elbert Dudley. Mrs.
W. J. I pock. Huntley's. Machine,
and Supply. Barbour Marine Sup
ply. George Laughton. O. C. Law
rence, Safrit Lumber Co., and
Roper Van Horn.
Commissioner Harris said that
more members are needed in the
Fire Association. Membership fees
will help meet the $2,000 total cost
of the truck. Money ia also needed
to finance the building of a garage.
Offers Prayer
Following Mayor Lewis's accept
ance of the truck, the Rev. W. T.
Roberson. pastor of the First Bap
tist Church, gave the prayer of
dedication. Dan Walker, town
clerk, representing Charles Har
rell, fire chief, expressed the fire
department's appreciation to the
Rural Fire Association for making
fighting of rural fires more effec
tive through an additional source
of water.
Officers of the Rural Fire A ago
ciation, in addition to Chairman
Springle. are Neal Cam pen, vice
chairman; Crayden Paul, aecre
tary: John Miller, treasurer,
Charles Pake, Roy Keller, John
Butler, and Mr. Harria, advisor.
After the fire was out the fire
men set fire to the house (fain
and just let it burn. Mr. Noe really
wanted to get rid of It.
Health Department Will
Start Clinic N*t Week
Dr. P. B. Hyde, county health
officer, has announced that pre
ached cllmlcs will begin Tuesday.
The ellaics for aext week are
as follows: Meniaaon School.
I2:M p.m. Tuesday; North Riv
er School. t:M pjn. Tuesday;
Atlantic, 1 pm Wednesday: Sal
ter Pa(k, lt:M pju. Thursday.
The clinics will continue
through March. The reuMdulug
acholic will appear 1a Tues
ill
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March of Dimes Collections
Mount to $7, 487 . Yesterday
Members of Symphony
Society Receive Tickets
Tickets for the North Carolina
Symphony concert, which will
be given in Beaufort and More
head City March 24, are being
sent to the members of the so
ciety.
The children's concert will be
held in the Morehead City School
auditorium in the afternoon, and
the adults concert will be in the
Beaufort school auditorium that
evening.
Tickets may also be purchased
at the door the evening of the
concert. The children's concert
will be free to school children
from grades 4 through 8.
Fire Causes
$2,060 Damage
The home of Lewis Hinson, 2203
Evans St. sustained $2,000 damage
as a result of a Monday night fire.
Mr. Hinson was awakened by
thick smoke filling the house after
the oil furnace apparently flood
ed and caught fire, Fire Chief El
don Nelson said. The furnace
was set in a recess in the floor of
the home, protected around the
bottom by a metal pan. When the
furnace flooded, the pan filled with
oil. It caught fire and the flames
spread along the underside of
the house.
The alarm was turned in at 10:40
I p.m. and Morehead City firemen
did not return to the station un
til midnight. Three booster tanks
were used to put the fire out.
The fire department saved the
house from complete destruction.
Town Board Gets
Finance Report
A report on finances as of Jan.v
30 were given to the Beaufort
town board Monday at the meet
ing in the town hall.
The statement shows that $13,
546.93 was collected from seven
sources by the town in January.
Curfcnt taxes yielded $9,771.34;
prior taxes, $586.62; ABC allot
ment. $1,048; court $952.50; busi
ness licenses, $292.50; parking me
ters, $687.22; and miscellaneous,
$208.75.
Total collections since July 1,
1953 are $56,805.56 from the above
sources and six others: corporate
excess tax: $4,064.82; intangible
tax, $1,093.22; beer and wine, $3,
229.92; franchise tax. $500.23; Pow
ell street aid, $8,927.36; and equip
ment rental $126.50.
Railway Express
To Take Orders
For 'CARE' Parcels
Orders (or CARE overseas aid
packages can be placed now at
the Morehead City Railway Ex
press Agency office. Agent D. H.
Rowe announced today. This is
part of a nationwide plan.
As a contribution in the public
interest, the Railway Express
Agency has agreed to make its of
fice at 107 S. 6th St. available as
a CARE information and donor
center, without any charge to the
international welfare organiiation,
Paul Comly French, executive di
rector of the Cooperative for Amer
ican Remittances to Everywhere.
Inc., and A. L. Hammell, Railway
Express president, announced in a
joint statement released at CARE'S
New York headquarters.
Mr. Hammell said, "I (eel that
in offering the uae of its princi
pal offices and personnel to CARE,
Railway Express, which is looking
forward to celebrating ita 115th
anniversary on March 4 is giving a
birthday present of significance to
CARE as a contribution In the pub
lic interest."
Express agenta in each partici
pating office will be kept fully In
formed about the kind o{ food,
textile and "self-help" packages
CARE delivers to the people of
more than 40 countries throughout
the world, Mr. French explained.
For the public, he pointed out,
the agreement means there will
be 10 times as many local offices
to which they can go to receive
CARE information and place their
orders for relief and reconstruc
tion gifts to Earope, Asia and Latin
America.
Mm Fraternity
James E. Parkin, Beaufort; has
been eleeUd a member of Sigma
Rho Phi, service fraternity of East
r?mm rniiWu- . . ?
* By noon yesterday, the March of*
Dimes collections in the county
totaled $7,487.12.
Mrs. C. L Beam, treasurer, re
ported that the amount will un
doubtedly go over $7,500 because
the money in the coin collectors
which were in the Negro Commun
ity, Morehead City, had not been
counted yet and more than $13
was in those.
Morehead City and Beaufort
turned in yesterday the dimes col
lected in the parking meters. More
head City's meters yielded $91.80
and Beaufort's $51.95.
Chief of Police M. E. Guy re
ported that Will Arrington put
$5 in dimes in the meters and
James Biggs contributed a handful
of dimes.
A complete break-down on con
tributions from schools, churches
and civic organizations will ap
pear in tabular form in Tuesday's
NEWS-TIMES.
The total collected in the March
of Dimes Baby contest at Newport
was $104. The winners were Jen
ny Edwards, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Al Edwards, and Sammy Mon
tague, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K.
Montague.
Miss Ruth Peeling, chairman of
the March of Dimes, asked that
persons who have not yet turned
in coin collectors or mailed checks
to Mrs. Beam should do so as soon
as possible.
Almost every year there is one
wayward coin collector that doesn't
get picked up until the following
year. If the person cannot get it
to Mrs. Beam, please notify her
and it will be called for.
Presbyterian Sunday
School, Wildwood 20.00
Persuading Five Concert 13.30
Community Dramatic Club
Morehead City 12.00
Sanitary Fish Market Cof
fee Money 21.11
Broadway Cafe Coffee
Money, Morehead 8.40
St. Luke's Missionary Bap
tist, Morehead City 6.30
First Christian Church,
Morehead City 25.00
Edwards Chapel, Merrimon 15.00
Otway Christian Church . 10.00
Christian Church, Russell's
Creek 7.50
Free Will Baptist Bettie .. 15.00
Free Will Baptist, Merri
mon 15.00
Sea Level Methodist Sunday
School 10.00
Salter Path Methodist Sunday
School 10.00
American Legion Auxiliary,
Beaufort t 10.00
Beaufort Jr. Woman's Club 50.00
Taylor's Community Hall,
Harlowe and Bachelor 166.35
Beaufort Eastern Star Chap
ter 25.00
Carteret B&PW Club 25.00
Morehead City Eastern Star
Chapter 10.00
Morehead City Lions Club 10.00
Block of Dimes, Morehead
City 215.28
Morehead City Country
Club .. .. 26.25
Beaufort School 1.049.22
Newport School 265.01
Merrimon Negro School 2.20
Harkers Island School 88.60
Bettie Woodville Missionary
Baptist Sunday School. .. 13.50
Stacy Young People's
League 5.00
Stacy Free Will Baptist
Church *... 13.67
Stacy Free Will Baptist Church
Auxiliary .. 10.00
Salter Path School 19.00
Newport Baby Contest 104.00
Beaufort Parking Meters. .. 51.95
Morehead City Meters 91.80
Car Drives to Fir*
Station for Quick Sorvic*
A car drove up to the Morehead
City (ire sUtion at 5:20 Tuesday
afternoon and asked the firemen to
please put out a fire in the back
seat.
A cigarette in an aah tray evi
dently caused the upholstery to
catch fire.
The car was owned by the State
of North Carolina and is usually
used by Ernest Nelson, head of the
state patrol fleet Cecil Phelps
of the commercial fisheries dlvis
ion was driving the car and was
the only one in it at the time.
Tuesday, Groundhog
Day, Was Partly Sunny
It all depends when Mr. Ground
hog came out Tuesday if Carteret
County is going to have six weeks
more of Winter. It was cloudy
Tuesday morning, but cleared up
in the afternoon with some sun.
Temperatures have been in the
high 90's since Monday with the
lowest mark posted by the mercury
being 33 Monday night, according
to Stanley Davis, weather observer
in Morebead City.
Temperature readings follow:
Max. Mia.
Monday 54 S3
Tuesday ?> SS ?
WadMNdW M 0
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Newport Board
Deals with Town
Slreef Problems
Street problems occupied most
of the Newport commissioners'
time at the town board meeting
Tuesday night at the town hall.
They discussed the survey on
moving highway 70 (story page 1)
and R. B. Gerock, resident of New
Bern street, accompanied by oth
ers who live there, said he wanted
the street fixed so he could get in
and out. He told the board that
something simply had to be done
He didn't care what but he wanted
the load made passable.
Commissioner Early Mann, street
commissioner for the town, said a
few loads of rock on the road
would help temporarily but he
agreed with the residents on the
street that the major cause of the
mud was poor drainage.
Commissioner D. Ira Garner sug
gested that the town contact own
ers of dump trucks to sec how
much they would charge to go to
Belgrade and haul marl back to
Newport. The board approved.
Mr. Gerock said if he got the rock
hed spread in front of his place
himself!
Commissioner Mann warned that
spreading rock by hand is pretty
slow spreading, but Mr. Gerock
maintained he could do it.
Wants bitch Cleaned
L. C. Carroll appeared at the
meeting and told the board that the
ditch in front of his house liccds
cleaning out. The board agreed to
refer the problem to Ormsbv Mann
street superintendent and chief of
police.
Lester Bercegeay of the veterans
housing development asked whelh
cr the town had heard from tile
state highway and public works
commissions regarding lowering
a culvert across the Nine-foot Road
to get the water out of the lower
end of the veterans subdivision.
The board suggested that C. Y.
Griffin, state highway represent
ative at New Bern, be written in
regard to the matter.
Commissioner Mann said that
road builders would be in their
section soon working on the high
way from Newport to the highway
24 and 70 intersection and they
could probably be obtained then to
do some jobs for the town, espec
ially in the housing development.
Jim Kirby appeared before the
board and presented a letter from
Mr. Griffin in which Mr. Griffin
tells him the State Highway and
Public Works Commission has no
responsibility in the matter of
water flooding his field along the
Nine-foot Road.
The letter from Mr. Griffin says
the housing project water drains
into the field and the state had
nothing to do with locating the
housing project. Mr. Kirby con
tends that water all along the road,
from the fire tower to his field
runs on his property and that
therefore the water does not solely
come from the housing develop
ment
To Writ* Letter
Commissioner Wilbur liamer sug
gested that the town write a letter
to Mr. Griffin and ask him to re
consider the problem.
Mr. Berctgeay also asked what
progress had been made in get
ting telephones in the housing de
velopment The clerk. Miss Edith
Lockey, read a letter from P. A.
Warren Jr., commercial engineer
for Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph, Tarboro, who said that C.
.J. Logan, district commercial man
ager, would be in Newport to in
vestigate. Mr. Warren said that
according to the'r records, there
were not enough requests for
phone service to warrant installa
tion. Mlaa Lockey and the mayor
said that to their knowledge Mr.
Logan had not showed up.
Commissioner Mann said that a
lot of telephone equipment is
stored in his store for installation
of phones in homes on the Nine
foot and Masontown Roads
The town approved a request
from the fire chief, Leon Mann Jr.,
conveyed through Commissioner
Charles Hill, for five more firemen
In town.
Commissioner Hill said if they
can be found there will then be
11 In town, a sufficient number
in case two fires occur at once, one
In the rural araa and one in town.
The town board said the town
would be willing to finance the
Insurance on the additional fire
men.
Need Man Tags
Commissioner Hill alao asked
that more firemen town tags be
ordered tar MSB. The board ap
Jftmi a raquaat that the fire
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H. S. Gibbs Jr., was awarded
the Distinguished Service Award
for 1953 by Morehead City Jay
cees Monday night. Presenta
tion of a key and certificate was
made by Mayor George W. Dilf.
Moose to Buy
Steak House
Plans are underway by the More
head City Lodge 1069 of the Loyal
Order of Moose to proceed with
purchase of the Steak House on
Highway 70.
At a meeting of the lodge Mon
day night, H. Earle Mobley, lodge
governor, made the announcement
of the contemplated purchase. R.
R. Barbour, Steak House owner,
set the price at $35,000. The lodge
membership approved buying the
Steak House Monday, Jan. 25.
At this week's meeting Marshall
Ayscue, lodge trustee, won a life
membership in the Moose. He was
eligible for the prize because of his
work during the membership drive.
Jamie Harris, past governor, re
ceived a certificate for obtaining
25 members.
Gordon McQueen, Morehead City
received $10 as the perfect at
tendance award.
Three Face
Theft Charge
Herbert Pulley, Archie Lee and
Tommy Moore, all of Havelock,
have been charged with theft "of
litc-a-Jawn house number signs and
will be tried Monday in Morehead
City Recorder's Court
The signs, believed to have been
taken from lawns in Morehead City,
were found by Ormsby Mann, New
port chief of police, in Pulley's
car. The discovery was made dur
ing a recent investigation of theft
of car fender skirts at Newport.
Arresting the three were Dep
uty Sheriff Marshall Ayscue and
Robert Pope of the SBI.
Thirteen of the reflector num
bers were located by Chief Mann
and turned over to the Morehead
City police department.
Frank Chance to Speak
At Parkview Church
Frank Chancc, a student at
Campbell College, will deliver the
sermon at the morning service in
the Parkview Baptist Mission
Church Sunday. The service will
begin at 11 o'clock. There will be
no evening service.
A revival will begin at the
church Feb. 14. The congregation
meets in a building on highway 70
at the intersection of the Bogue
Sound Club Road, west of More
head City.
Episcopalians
At Havelock j
To Build Church
The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown,
Morehead City, priest in charge of 1
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
Mission, Havelock, announced this
week that the congregation plans
to begin construction of a combin
ation parish hall and church within
the next several months.
The congregation, which numbers
close to 75, has a building lot, 200
by 300 feet at Nunn street and
highway 70, Havelock.
The mission came into being late
last summer when the Rev. Charles
Williams, rector of Christ Church,
New Bern, and laymen of that con
gregation went to Havelock to con
duct services.
Official approval of the church as
a mission congregation was given
by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Wright,
bishop of the Diocese of East Caro
lina. Nov. 20, 1953.
The architect for the church is .
John R. Valentine, Marshallberg.
Cost of the building is expected to
be about $20,000. At present Sun
.day School and church are held in
the Cherry Theatre. Mr. Brown
conducts church service once a
month, the Rev. Daniel W. Allen,
executive secretary of the Diocese
of East Carolina, conducts service
once a month and the other services
are in charge of lay readers.
They are Ernest T. Dennis,
Blount Grant. Geland H. Doswell
and J. Temple Doswell.
Mrs. Jackie Abrams is choir di
rector. Mrs. Ruth Starr is presi
dent of the Woman's Auxiliary
which has a membership of approx
imately 30.
Bank Cashier
Speaks at School
Juniors and seniors at Beaufort
High School Wednesday were as
sured that "nowhere on earth is
there a greater opportunity for
young folks than right here in !
North Carolina."
The statement was made by
.lames Davis, cashier of First- '
Citizens Bank & Trust Co., who
spoke to the students on plans (
for a statewide oratorical contest
sponsored by the North Carolina
Bankers Association.
"The Big Change'' contest, it
was oxplamed, is designed to cause
high school students In North Caro
lina to examine the record of ac
complishment in this State dur
ing the past half-century, and to '
look ahead to the future potential
of North Carolina.
Mr. Davis urged the students to
participate in the contest. He list
ed the prizes which range from a .
$25 Savings Bond on the county
level to $1,500 for the first place |
winner in the state finals.
Each bank in the county has
full information about the pro
gram. as do the principals of the
various high schools.
The high school eliminations be
gin during the first week in March
and will be concluded with the
state finals in Raleigh on March i
31. S
Final Challenge Meeting
Begins Tonight at 7:30
Tonight will mark the final Chal
lenge Meeting during "Challenge
Week" in Carteret County. It
will take place in Harlowe at Lion
el Conner's Store. R. M. Williams,
county farm agent, will preside.
Meetings have been held nightly
during the week.
School Chairman Thanks
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Schools for Contributions
Christmas decorations up on the
town hall because they're too hard
to take down.
It was reported that firemen
were thinking of taking the colored
bulbs out but then the mud daub
ers would get in the sockets and
build nests. Commissioner Mann
suggested with a chuckle that they
at least remove the Spanish moss
The board decided that a map
of the town streets shall be sent
Mr. Griffin with a request that the
state do work on the streets not
maintained by the state. The
amount charged by the state would
be paid from the town's Powell
Bill funds.
Commissioner Mann said that if
the town had any money, he'd re
sign from his present Job and
work for the town. He said there's
enough work in Newport to keep
a man busy all the time on the
streets. He said the people are hol
lering about what they want done
"but it takes money to do it with."
Chief of Police Mann who also
acts as street superintendent, said
that he does not want to take the
responsibility any longer of de
ciding what trees shall be taken
down. Commissioner Wilbur Gar
ner was appointed to investigate
"tree cases" and confer with Chief
Mann.
The board asked the clerk to at
tend, if she could, the school for
municipal accountants at Chapel
Hill during the last week In Feb
ruary. The coamissiOMrs ordered
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' Miss Catherine uasKin, chairman
of the schools for the March of
Dimes, yesterday extended special
thanks to the principals, teachers
and children who did a "splendid
job" in recruiting dimes for the
March of Dimes. ,
Miss Gaskill said that money
from *11 the schools has not yet
been turned in, but as soon ar
the money is received a complete
list of the schools and the amount
they gave will be released.
The March of Dimes school chair
man also thanked parents and oth
ers who helped the children fill
their dime cards.
Beaufort school turned In the
largest amount of money, >1,040.22. |
B. E. Tarkington, principal, said |
he was very proud of the students. 1
The school set its goal at a dollar
a pupil and they bettered that, av
eraging $1.00 per pupil.
The primary grades, 1 through
3, collected *44852, grammar
grades, 4 through S, $434.97, and I
the high school, grades 0 through 1
12. $160.73.
On Friday Mr. Tarkington told I
the pupils that $300 more was
needed to reach their goal and the *
youngsters turned up Monday
morning with $418
Three thermometers on the main
bulletin board of the school, a ther
mometer for each of the three
school departments, indicated each
day the progreaa of the drive.
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Cotton acreage in North Carolina
decreaafd from 1,800,000 acres In
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