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43rd YEAR, NO. 16. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY3
170 Book Passage on Stockholm;
Doctors' Cruise Open to Everyone
The SS Stockholm will sail from Morehead City i n October. The cruise to Caribbean is open to any
one even though it is being arranged as the annual session of North Carolina doctors.
Plans for the 1954 meeting of
the North Carolina Academy of
General Practice, to be held dur
ing a cruise to Havana and Nassau,
are rapidly taking shape, according
to Dr. John R. Bender of Winston
Salem, the executive secretary.
The cruise will be in charge of
the Allen Travel Service of New
York. H. H. Allen, president, re
ports that 170 persons booked pas
sage through last week. This
means, he said, that the ship is al
most half-filled. He emphasized
the importance of making reserva
tions early.
An important point emphasized
by those in charge of the cruise
is that, while it is being sponsored
by the North Carolina Academy of
General Practice, all who wish to
make the trip are invited to do so.
In 1939, the North Carolina State
Medical Society met on a eruise to
Bermuda and return. Many who
were not physicians took the trip.
The cruise will be made on the
S. S Stockholm, Oct. 16-22. The
Stockholm, which is the first trans
Atlantic liner ever to be sailed
from a North Carolina port, will
leave Morehead City Oct. 16 at 2
p.m. and arrive in Havana Oct. 18
at 1 p.m. After an afternoon and
night in the Cuban capital, the
Stockholm will sail for Nassau at
4 a.m. Oct. 19 and arrive there
| there next morning at 8 o'clock.
? The ship will dock at Morehead
' City at 8 a.m. Oct. 22.
[ The North Carolina Ports Au
I thority is giving its full cooper
ation to this undertaking on the
part of North Carolina physicians.
Complete information on the cruise
may be had by addressing local
physicians and J. D. Holt of the
Ports Authority, at Morehead City,
Mr. Allen pointed out.
First for North Carolina
Before the last war, small coas
tal passenger ships sometimes
called at North Carolina ports but
the Stockholm will be the first
trans-Atlantic liner ever to sail
from this state. This cruise, ac- j
cording to those in charge, prom
ises be an oustanding event and the
beginning of the use of Morehead
City for large ships.
While no deadline has been set
for the registration for the forth
See CRUISE, Page 7
Theatre Group
Will Present
Play Tonight
The Carteret Community Theatre
will present One Foot in Heaven, a
three-act comedy, at 8 o'clock to
night in the W. S. King School,
auditorium, Morehead City.
The play was originally sched
uled to be given there Friday night
but because three members of the
cast/ could not have been present
that night, the date was changed,
Mrs. Wiley Taylor Jr., business
manager, announced yesterday.
The play was given before a
capacity audience at Atlantic
School Friday night. It was spon
sored by the Atlantic Methodist
Church which netted $235 profit.
Appearing in the place of three
original members of the cast were
Bill Murill as Georgie, Tressa Vick
ers as Mrs.- Samdow, and Patricia
Hilt as Maria. These roles in
the original cast were played by
Jimmie Wheatley, Maureen Down
ey and Sue Lynch.
The Carteret Commity Theatre
will hold its annual meeting at
7:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Scout
Hut, Beaufort. On the agenda are
adoption of a constitution and elec
tion of officers.
Power Company
Official to Speak
Thursday Night
Dan E. Stewart of Carolina Pow
er and Light Co., Raleigh, will be
the principal speaker at the com
bined Morehead City Lion, Rotary,
and Chamber of Commerce uunu
al winter meeting, Thursday, at
0:30 p.m. in the Recreation Cen
ter.
Mr. Stewart will speak on Indus
trial Development in the Carolina*.
A chicken dinner will be served
prior to Mr. Stewart's talk. The
Rev. Leon Couch, pastor of More
head City First Methodist Church,
will give the invocation.
Following the dinner, J. Warren
Beck, chamber president, will de
liver the president's message. May
or George W. Dill, emcee, will In
troduce Mr. Stewart.
College Releases Sport
Fishing School Schedule
The schedule for the Salt Water
Pishing Institute, itarting June 14
through IS, wai released ttiti week.
The course is offered at Morehead
City by the College Extenaion Di
vision o I the North Carolina State
College.
Instruction In the course is di
vided into three parts? classroom
Instruction, fishing trips, snd dem
onstrations and practice sessions.
The institute gets underwsy Mon
day, June 14 at 9 a.m. with reg
istration In the lobby of the form
er Morehead Technical Institute,
followed by a presentation of tbe
purposes snd outline of the pro
gram. The rest of the dsy wlB be
dOTVted to classroom inatructiae
A fishing trip to the Gulf Stream
Pianist Thrills Concert
Audience Thursday
Ray Dudley, 22-year-old Canadian4
concert artist, showed members of
the Carteret County Community
Concert Thursday night why he has
been awarded the Unanimous Me
dal of the International Competi
tion of Geneva, and the Harriet
Eaton Award, Canada's highest mu
sical honor, when he gave a concert
at the More he ad City audi
tocium
And the audience saw something
different when the young pianist
appeared with a crew cut instead
of the traditional long hair.
His opening number, Jesu, Joy of
Man's Desiring, by Bach-Hess.
gripped the audience so that from
then on there were no coughs or
rattling programs to distract his lis
teners.
The first part of his program con
sisted of Sonata, Op. 53 by Bee
thoven. Two Etudes, Op. 10 and
Op. 25? No. 3, by Chopin and Fan
taisie in F minor. Op. 49, by Cho
pin. As an ei.core he played a
waltz by Chopin.
During the second half of his
program he played Excurions, Op.
20 by Barber, a Tango by Guerrero
who had taught Mr. Dudley at the
Royal Conservatory in Toronto, a
Coronation March, which he com
posed and had recorded, by royal
command, for Her Royal Highness.
Queen Elizabeth II, and Mephisto
Waltz by Liszt.
As encores he played Chopin's
Fantaisie Impromptu and a waltz
by Chopin.? edp.
Hard Crab
Season Opens
The hard crab season opened
I
I The crabs may be taken with
trawl nets with bar of not less than
two inches for the wings and not
less than one and one-half inch
bar for the tail bag, providing the
trawling does not conflict with trot
lining or crab pots. The crab must
pass inspection, being culled where
they are caught.
Crabs may be taken in any of the
channels of Core. Back and Bogue
Sounds but NOT below the high
way bridge and straits, nor in
creeks or bays.
? The ruling, as released by the
assistant fisheries commissioner. C.
Gehrmann Holland, follows:
"Beginning February 22 hard
crabs may be taken with trawl nets,
with bar of not less than two inches
for the wings and not less than one
and one half inch bar for the tail
bag, when being fished. In any of
the channels of Core, Back and
Bogue Sounds and North River not
below highway bridge and straits
and not in creeks or bays, provided
said trawling does not conflict with
trot lining or crab pots and said
crabs pass inspection being culled
where caught."
Health Department Releases County
Sanitation Ratings tor February
Sanitation grade rating lor coun
ty restaurants, hotels, hospitals,
and other institutions have been
released by the county health de
partment
The ratings cover the period end
ing Feb. 15 and were made by
A. D. Fulford, county sanitarian
A numerical rating of 90 to 100
gives a sanitation rating of A; 10
to 89 of B; and 70 to 79 of C.
| Dr. F. E. Hyde, county health
is (thcdulcd for Tuesday. June 15.
Students will leave the institute at
5 a.m.
' Wednesday. June 18, will Include
study and instruction on sound and
ocean shelf fishing. A fishing trip
is planned for the afternoon high
Bee n8HING SCHOOL, Page t
Judge to Run
Judge Luther Hamilton, More
head City, announced Thursday
that he is seeking the nomination
of resident judge of the fifth Judi
cial district in the Democratic pri
mary May 29. He was retired as a
superior court Judge several years
ago became of ill health. Judge
Hamilton says that he la now in
much better health.
olllcer, suggests inai patrons, iur
their own health protection, ob
serve the rating card. The law
requires that cards be put in a
conspicuous place.
The ratings follow:
Atlantic: Sea Level Inn, 98; Sea
Level Inn Dining Room, 97.5; Sea
Level Community Hospital, 96; At
lantic School Lunch Room, 90; and
Wayne's Restaurant, 90.
Atlantic Beach: Fleming's, 93.5;
Ocean King Hotel, 92.5; and Ocean
King Dining Room, 90.5.
Beaufort and RFD: The Griddle,
93; The Hi-Drive. 93; Beaufort
Bar, 92.5; Holden's Restaurant. 92;
The Spot, 92; Jan's Luncheonette.
91.5; The Coffee Shop. 91.5; East
Drive Inn Theatre Lunch, 91; In
let Inn Hotel, SI; Fred's Barbecue,
90.5; and Beaufort School Lunch
Room, 90.
Brady's Grill, 90; Guthrie-Jones
Fountain Lunch. 90; Inlet Inn Din
ing Room, 90; Joe House Fountain
Lunch. 90; Snaek Grill, 90; North
River Oyster Bar. 86; Sun Set Bar.
84; CAD Cafe, 83; Quick Lunch,
82; Carrie's Snack Bar. 81; The
Davis Place, 80; Stanley's Grocery,
74.5.
Morehead City and RFD; Perry
Park Motel, 96; Sanitary Market
Restaurant. 95; White's Milk Co.
Dairy Bar, 95; Lummie's Drive
Inn; 93; Capt. Bill's Waterfront
Restaurant, 92.5; Sonney's Galley,
92.5; Blue Ribbon Club, 92; Ma
son's Drive Inn. 92; Morehead
City Hospital. 92; and Copelanfi
Edgewater Court, 92.5.
Morehead City School Lunch
Room, 92; Jefferson Hotel, BI S;
Rex Restaurant, 91.S; Mrs. Dave
Lewis Lunch Counter, 91; Pine
Tree Inn. 91; Sam's Drive Inn, 91;
Bayside Grill, 90.5; Fort Macon
Hotel, 90.5; Amy's Grill, 90; and
Broadway Cafe, 90.
Busy Bee Cafe, 90; Jefferson
Coffee Shop, 90; Morehead City
Fountain Lunch, 90; Pizza Queen.
90; Curve Inn. 90; Garment Lunch.
88; S & W Funtain Lunch, 86.5;
Camp Glenn Lunch Room, 86; Hen
ry's Place, 86; Hush Puppy, 86;
See RATINGS, Pace Z
Morehead Citian
Honored by Firm
Walter F. Scheper, of Morehead
City, was named the Home Security
Life Insurance Company'a debit
manager and won the agent-of-thc
yeaf ' award at the annual district
banquet held recently in New Bern.
Mr. Scheper is credited with
sale* efforts resulting In S326.Q60
insurance In force. The company
also honored the leading agent* for
the three stiffs in this district.
The are R. J. Schwark of Bean
fort, G. H. King of New Bern,
and H. G. Harget of Jacksonville,
all selected as htghliners for the
year.
On a local award level, a contest
was conducted during the last stk
months by the company. Award*
went to Mr. Scheper and Mrs.
Helen Hatsell of Beaufort.
t
Two Countians
Win $300 Prizes
In Contest
Mist Georgina Yeatman,
M. L. Simmons Take
Two 'Firsts'
Two Carteret County farmers
won first prize in the 1953 Finer
Carolina contest for individual
farmer competition. Winners were
announced today by the contest
sponsor, Carolina Power & Light
Co.
Those in Cartret County winning
$300 first prizes were Miss Georg
ina P. Yeatman, operator of the
43,773-acre Open Grounds Farm,
and M. L. Simmons of Newport,
whose farm totals 37 acres.
Also winning a first place prize
of $300 was Hugh Oosterwyke, who
runs a 98 acre farm near Castle |
Hayne.
Marlboro Wins
Marlboro County in South Caro- j
lina took $500 for the largest ac- j
reage (71,501) entered by any of j
the 60 eligible counties and also '
took $500 for the greatest percent
age (23.1) of its total acreage par
ticipating in the contest.
Winners of second prizes of $200 1
each were:
J. A. Tingle of Alliance in Pam '
lico County, with 1,650 acres; Floyd 1
Price Jr., of Pine Level in John |
ston County, with 54 acres; and
T. S. Foster of route 1 Blanch, in
Caswell County, 46 acres.
Winners of third-place prizes of
$100 each were:
Rich Gwyn Jr.. of Longwood in
Brunswick County, with 5.000
|acres; R. V. Seegars of route 1 Dal
zell, S. C., with 88 acres; and R. S.
Leonard of Black Mountain in Bun
combe County, with 40 acres.
Three Classes
The competition, based on soil
and water practices, was divided
into three classes based on acreage
farms of 50 acres or less, 51 to
100 acres and 101 acre^ or more.
Miss Yeatnian's huge Open
Grounds Farm ? once the property
of the University of Chicago
racked up a total of 119,667 units.
Her farm is so large that the units
deducted for bad practices totaled
more than all the points scored by
some of the winning farmers. But
Ijftjjfit stqod at 114,625, compared
to 3zJW) 'for (fit nearest rival.
Miss Yeatman scored heavily on
woodland conservation and im
plement. fencing, pasture devel
opment. draiftage and cover crops.
Upward of 1.500 farmers in the two
Carolinas entered a total of almost
500.000 acres of farm lands in the
1953 contest.
Soil and water conservation prac
tices which were considered in the
judging included such operations
as contour farming, strip-cropping,
terracing, drainage, cover crops. |
pasturage, tree planting, wildlife
cover, woodland management and
fencing. Farms also were judged
on the basis of improper practices
observed.
County and district conservation
ists served as local judges, and
the final top winners were judged
by A. A. Cone of Raleigh and A.
F. Ruff of Columbia, S. C., assistant
state conservationists.
The farm competition is being
repeated in 1954 and Carolina Pow
er & Light is offering another $2,
800 in cash awards. Deadline for
entering this years' contest is April
1. Rules for the competition were
revised this year.
Coast Guard Relaxes Ban
On Certain Fertilizers
Scouts Receive
New Ratings
At Honor Court
Carteret County Boy Scouts re
ceived advancement ratings at the
Court of Honor Sunday night in
Ann Street Methodist Church,
Beaufort.
Two boys became Life Scouts and
two became Star Scouts. The Life
awards were presented by Dr. Wal
ter Chipman, Beaufort, to Charles
Smith and Joseph Chipman, both of
troop 51, Beaufort. Joseph Chip
man is Dr. Chipman's son.
Star awards were made by N. F.
Eure, chairman of the Carteret
Boy Scout District, to Allen Autry
and Sammy Merrill Jr., both of
troop 201, Beaufort.
Dr. Henry Kritzler. chairman of
the advancement committee, pre
sented merit badges to the follow
ing: John Staton, Joseph Chip
man, David Chipman, Frank Pot
ter, Charles Smith, all of troop 51;
Frank Parker, troop 101. Morehead
City; Sammy Merrill and Allen Au- ,
try, both of troop 201.
Ethan S. Davis, Morehead City,
presented first class awards to John
Staton and Calvin Jones, both of ,
troop 41. and Barry Willis, troop
130. Morehead City.
Gordon C. Willis, Morehead City, ;
presented second class awards to
Jerry Fulford. George Huntley Jr.,
Joe Powell, Freddy Hooper, all of
troop 51; Raymond Laughton, Rus
sell Gray. David Murphy and James
H. Davis Jr., all of troop 201.
Car Crashes
Into Truck
A car ran into the rear of a picV
??p. truck at 3 M p.m. Friday ?n
Mil way 24 a mile east o'* SwV
boro. Mrs. Charles Burris, Midway
Park, a passenger in the car driven
by her husband, was slightly in
jured but not hospitalized. She re
ceiver! a bump on the head and a
bruised leg.
State Highway Patrolman W. E.
Pickar 1 said that a pickup truck
driven by Donald C. Taylor. Swans
boro. was stopped, waiting to make
a left turn across the other lane
of traffic. ?
He was headed east. Burris ap
proached from the rear and not
realizing the truck had stopped,
pldwed into it. No charges were
preferred.
. Damage to the truck was esti
mated at $100 and to the car, a
1940 Buick. $400.
President Lists Agenda
For Merchants Meeting
Three items of business will be
discussed at the Tuesday, March 2,
meeting of the Morehead City Mer
cants Association, R. B. Howard,
president, announced yesterday.
Items to be discussed are 1954
holidays, regular summer hours,
and plans to make the most of
combined advertising efforts to es
tablish Morehead City as the coai
tal shopping center.
The meeting is set for 11:30 a.m.
at Capt. Bill's Restaurant.
Change Puts Cargo Under
'Dangerous Articles' Rule
Republicans Will
Meet Friday
At Courthouse
Republicans of the county will
meet for the county Republican
convention at 7:30 Friday night at
the courthouse.
The 26 precincts of the county
are expected to be represented by
electcd delegates and other party
members. Delegates from the Beau
fort precinct who were elected at a
meeting Friday night are James
Noe, chairman, Osborne Davis,
Graham W. Duncan Jr., Leland and
Cecil Peterson, Wyon Lewis, W. A.
Mace Jr., and Richard Smith
At the county convention a chair- 1
man. vice-chairman, secretary and
treasurer of the County Republi I
can Executive Committee will be I
elected. Roy T. Garner, Newport, I
is serving as temporary chairman. I
He replaces C. R. Wheatley Jr. who i
| resigned.
| Other officers at present are Mrs.
Marvin Willis, vice-chairman; Mr. i
Duncan, secretary; and Carl Gas
kill, treasurer.
Carteret County is entitled to 10
delegates to the state convention
at Charlotte March 6. Mr Duncan
reported yesterday. These dele
gates will be elected at the county
convention. He said he hopes that
Carteret will have a lot more rep
resentatives in addition to the 10
voting delegates.
Republicans of the Third Con
gressional district North Carolina,
will convene at the courthouse in
Beaufort Wednesday, March 3, at
2:30 p.m. for the district conven
tion.
Sugar Unloading
To Begin Today
Unloading of 750 tons of refined
sugar from the SS Antwerpen will
begin this morning at Morehead
City port. The Antwerpen arrived
here from Cuba Sunday after
noon.
J. D. Holt, port manager, said
yesterday that Feb. 15 was the first
date that sugar ships could have
made port here. Prior to that
time, freight rates for moving the
sugar from the port were so for
midable that even though ships
could have been booked, the sugar
could not have been moved.
Mr. Holt said that trucking firms
eventually presented favorable
rates which have been okayed by
the utilities commission. Trucks
will move the sugar shipment being
unloaded this week. Mr. Holt said
it looks now as though the rail
roads may bring rates in line to
compete with the trucking firms.
The sugar importer is J. B. Kit
trell, Greenville.
The State Ports Authority will
convene Wednesday. March 3, at
Winston-Salem Mr. Holt will at
tend the meeting.
Principal Releases Career
Day Schedule for March 3
G. T. WindelJ, principal of More
head City School, announced yes
terday the schedule for Career Day
;at the school next Wednesday,
March 3.
This is the fourth year for Ca
reer Day. High school students at
tend sessions conducted by persons
in various types of work. The ses
sions are scheduled in an effort to
provide students with help in
choosing their vocation.
The Career Day program will
open at 9:15 a.m. with devotions
by Jackie Taylor, senior, and two
numbers b>^ the school band. Mr.
Winded will welcome speakers and
present Dr. Edward Carter of East
Tide Table
Tide* it Bar
LOW
HIGH
Tuesday, Feb. 23
11:22 a.m.
11:30 p.m.
5:43 a.m.
3:48 p.m.
Wedneiday, Feb. 24
12:02 a.m.
12:11 p.m.
8:28 a m.
8:27 pjn.
Thursday, Feb. 25
12:93 a.m.
1:01 p.m.
7:20 p.m.
7:18 p.m.
Friday, Fab. 24
1:46 (.m.
1:30 p.m.
8:20 a.m.
?:U p.m.
Carolina College who will speak on
"Careen for Tomorrow."
Seaaiona beginning at 9:S0 and
ending at 10:90 are the following:
buslnesi administration, Norman
H. Cameron. ECC: teaching. Dr.
Carter; nursing. Mrs. Lettie San
ders and Miss I'olly Moore. More
head City Hospital: auto mechanics,
Linwood Wade. Sound Chevrolet
Co.
Religious education, the Rev.
Priestley Conyers, pastor of Webb
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
Morehead City; Journalism, Miss
Ruth Peeling, editor of THE
NEWS-TIMES; faahion designing.
Mrs. Mabel L. Hall. ECC.
Seaaiona from 11 a.m. to noon
will be the following: commercc,
Mr. Cameron: law, Herbert Phil
lips III: aoclal service. Mlas Geor
ge Hughes, superintendent of tbe
county welfare department; auto
mechanics, Mr. Wade.
opportunities in elementary ed
ucation, Dr. Carter; induatrial en
gineering, Truman Kemp. More
head City; rellgloua education, Mr.
Conyers.
The afternoon program will open
at 1 o'clock with music by the
band Charles W. Phillips of
Woman's College. Greenaboro, will
8m CAKEER DAY, Pago 2
' Norfolk. Va. Hear Adm. Russell
K. Wood, IJSCG, commander Fifth
Coast Guard District, announced to
day that the Coast Guard is casing
the restrictions that have been in
force since 1947 on the shipboard
transportation of certain am
monium phosphate fertiliser mix
tures. Such restrictions tended to
hamper the free movement of fer
tilizers, the Coast Guard said.
The isolation of waterfront fa
cilitics to the extent heretofore re
quired no longer is considered
necessary.
Coast Guard regulations regard j
ing fertilizer shipment caused ex I
tensive debate in Morehead City
in April 1952 when a shipment of j
ammonium nitrate fertilizer was
reported available for this port but
could not be brought in because
the port was not in an isolated
area.
Ammonium nitrate is an ingredi
ent of many explosives. Fertilizer I
shippers say that ammonium ni
trate mixed with certain 'minerals,
in various proportions, is not ex
plosive.
The new instructions apply spe
cifically to materials which are de
scribed as "ammonium nitrate
phosphate fertilizer mixtures con
sisting of 60 per cent by weight of
ammonium nitrate and 40 per cent
phosphate salts, mainly dicalcium
phosphate."
Under the new instructions, such
fertilizer mixtures may now be
transported aboard vessels in ac
cordance with the regulations, "Ex
plosives or Other Dangerous Arti
cles on Board Vessels," Hereto
fore these ammonium nitrate mix
tures could be loaded or unloaded
only at isolated waterfront "acili
ties meeting the requirements ol
federal and local regulations cov
ering dangerous cargoes.
Committee Investigated
The new instructions were issued
by fffeanjtd'i* A# Riehraond, act
ing ccm>mandant of the Coast
Guard, on the recommendation of
the Interagency Committee on the
Hazards of Ammonium Nitrate.
This committee was formed by the
Secretary of the Treasury in 1947
shortly after the shipboard explo
sion of ammonium nitrate fertilizer
in the harbor at Texas City, Tex.
The committee is composed of
interested government departments j
and agencies and representatives of
industry. Working through the Na
tional Academy of Science Advis
ory Committee on the Hazards of
Ammonium Nitrate Transporta
tion, the Interagency Committee
has provided for continuing studies
to determine the behavior and
properties of ammonium nitrate
fertilizer mixtures.
Rules Listed
The new instructions, which will
be published in detail in the Fed
eral Register, stated:
"Contingent upon the observance
of prescribed safety precautions by
the master or officer in charge of
the vessel handling this commod
ity, a permit may, with the concur
rence of local port authorities, be
issued for any waterfront facility
which satisfactorily meets the re
quirements of location and condi
tions outlined herein:
"The formulation must be com
posed of ammonium nitrate and
dicalcium phosphate, in the ap
proximate proportions of 60 per
cent by weight of ammonium ni
trate and 40 per cent dicalcium
phosphate, packaged in multiwall
paper bags or metal drums.
"The facility to be used shall be
so located as to permit unrestricted
passage to open water. The vessel
shall be moored bow to seaward,
and shall be maintained in a mo
bile status either by presence of
tugs or readiness of engines.
"The proposed facility shall not
be located in areas of Jense popu
lation, nor where facilities of high
value and/or high hazard exist.
"The facility must meet with the
requirements specified for a desig
nated waterfront facility, arM be
provided with abundant water
supply."
REA Office Moves
To New Quarters
W. C. Carlton, manager of the
Carteret-Craven Electric Member
?hip Corp., Morehead City, an
nounced this week that the move of
the REA office to its new quarter*
baa been completed.
The office waa formerly located
in the 800 block of Arendell ttreet.
The new office li just writ of 25th
street off highway 70
Mr. Carlton aaid that a formal
opening of the new office will take
place Saturday and Sunday, March
ZO and 21 The public will be In
vited on thoae days to tour the
building.
Lions Will Sell
Azaleas During
Coining Weekend
The Morehead City Lions Club
will conduct its azalea sale Friday
and Saturday, it was announced
Thursday at a meeting of the club
at the Recreation Center.
A letter irom the nursery was
read by Dave B. Webb, chairman of
the azalea sale committee. It stat
ed that the plants have been
shipped and will arrive by this
weekend.
The sale will be conducted by
the committee with assistance from
other members of the club, Mr.
Webb said.
Bingo Scheduled
The bingo party committee, con
sisting of Oscar Allred, Elmer
Watson, and John James, have
scheduled a bingo party for Fri
S day, March 5
| Proceeds from the party will be
used for Lions Club activities and
the purchase of street markers for
the- town. The Lions have agreed
to undertake the street marker pro
ject as their part of the Finer Car
olina program. Mr. Allred, chair
man of the committee, said the
[Lions agreed to spearhead the job
if other civic clubs will assist.
Spccial (iame
The bingo committee says that
one dollar will give a person the
right to play a special game for a
$10<) spring outfit for either a
man or a woman. Receipts for the
special game can be obtained in
advance from any member of the
club, the committee announced.
Special guests of the club Thurs
day were Dr. Willis E Mease.
Zone Two chairman of Lions Dis
trict 39 E and F, Richlands, who
spoke to the club on Lionism; and
George H Locke, representative of
(the Fifth Civil Service Regional
office at Atlanta, Oa.
Mayor Issues
Proclamation
Mayor Clifford T. Lewis, Beau
fort. has declared March 5, first
Friday of the Lenten season as a
day of prayer in Beaufort.
That date has been proclaimed
as a day of prayer in 104 coun
tries. The mayor commented that
there are conditions of tension and
uncertainty and that many of to
day"s problems can be solved only
with the help of God.
Ilis proclamation sets aside
March 0 as a day of prayer "for a
better v/orld for all people." He
continued, "I urge everyone to
pause in their work for one minute
to ask that God give us that hope
that is in Christ Jesus, light to
guide us, courage to support us,
and love to unite us."
Welder Killed As
Drum Explodes
A civilian welder employed on
a Cherry Point construction pro
ject was killed instantly when a
metal drum exploded under his
torch about 8 a.m. Friday.
John C. Butler of Wilmington
died in a blast caused by heating
a barrel that had contained a ce
ment hardening fluid according to
Frank Ballard, Craven coroner.
These fluids usually have an alco
hol base.
Mr. Butler was employed by the
Jones Plumbing and Heating Co.
of Macon tia., ' contractors on the
project, (lis wife has been a pa
tient at the James Walker hospi
tal in Wilmington for some time.
His de.Mh is th&second fatality
in the work at the Marine air base.
Several months ago a worker died
of Injuries received in a fall from
one of the structures.
Three Drivers Lose
Licenses, State Reports
Driven' licenses of two More head
City men were suspended and onei
Cherry Point resident's license hai
been revoked, according to the
State Highway Safety Division of
Raleigh.
Drivers' license* that were sus
pended were Emerson Hodge and
Reginald Keith Lewis, of Morebead
City. Hodge's ttemsr was suspend
ed in Halifax Recorder's Court and
Lewis' license was suspended *ta
Morehead Hty Recorder's Court
Basil Raines Watkina, Cherry
Point, bad his license revutad la
New Bern Recorder's Court