North Carolina Newspapers

Beaufort S??Htl N?W? Ite. LockwMd Phillips, Sariety *m* Gary Copt-land, a member of the sophomore claw at Wake forest, spent the weekend at home. J. P. Harris left Sunday for Pethel. called there by the death of his father. Mrs. Will Arrington has returned home from Lenoir Memorial Hos pital in ki(MhH? wltww she had been receiving treatment for ? week. Ted Spivey. a member of the lreoknian dasa at SUU. spent the weekend at home. Tennie Davja, 8M1. USCG, st? tioqed at Portsmouth, V?., visifed his wife ant) wo af Harkers Island ? ecenlhf, enroute to Southport "here tie will work on range lights oil the C?pe Fear River Mr wd Mrs f 8 Mitchell of JqclMonvfhe spent Sunday with Mr. ai?4 Mrs- Wilf Arrington. MM Anga ^ou Uughton, a stu dent at fU*t Carolina College, spent the weekend at home. Miss Patsy Mitter, a member of the sophomore class at F::*t Caro lina College, spent the weekend at home. * Family Health Our Main Concern One of the real benefits of pharmacy is the knowl edge that we are helping so many of our friends keep their health. Depend on us always for your drug needs. BELL'S DRUG STORE ? Phone 2-3231 Front St. Beaufort, N. C. Meet A Woman with cZeGWU-ty Helen H. H.Uell Home Sec U R i f Life Insurance C IN BEAUFORl FOR ALL TYPES OF LIFE INSURANCE Ordinary md Industrial ? R*tlr?avnl lacme ? Endowments ? Educational ar ? Hospital Benefit Palleles ? Accident CALL 6-3331 6-3263 Or Consult W. G. paker Helen Hataell J. P. Han-la, Jr. W. F. Hcbeper *. t. (Bab) flefcwark Ranald Nichols, Staff I Office, in ?*#4W <? i funeral of ESSf?** ' w?p I Dr. ?w(Mr. L. W Moor* ?nd I Mr and Mr?. Robert Sgfrit ip*nt the weekend it Duke Miu C#roJ ?>?*?. * member of *M freshman cl*aa at Flora Mc Donald College, spent the weekend at HoRie. Major and Mra M t McNeill and children of Quantico. V4-. ?pent the weekend with Mr anil wsl ' nMHrlwi-H Mr. Milton Chadwick returned >o Beaufort Saturday after receiving treatment at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bern. He is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chadwick S/Sgt. Charles Chappell, w|u> has been stationed in Korea with the Air Force, arrived home Friday for a 30-day leave. Mrs. Charles Noe left Monday | for Davis to be with her father, Mr. I. S. Alligood who is ill at his | home. Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Nelson j and children spent Sunday in New j Bern with Mr. Nelson's mother. Mrs. Edgar Eskridge of Char lotte arrived Sunday for a visit with her son. W. C. Flowers and her grandchildren. Mrs. Marie Johnson of the Cane Beauty Salon, Nashville, Tenn., will be at the Beauty Bar for the next two weeks. T/Sgt. Thomas Gibbs left Thurs day for Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala., after spending a few days at home with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hardy of Kinston spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John Butler. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Brown of Ar lington, Va? Mr. and Mrs. James D. Herrman of Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. A. S. Rose of Beverly Hills, Calif., arrived Saturday, called here by the death of Mrs. Nicholas L. Walker. Mrs. Hon* '.HrtiBrigftt olVkrsh field, Wis., arrived Sunday to at tend "fl* tuhWal of her sister, Mrs. Nicholas L. Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Graham left yesterday for their home in Silver Springs, Md? after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Van Potter. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Delamar left Saturday for Chapel Hill to visit their daughter, Mrs. Horace Crock ford. Mr*. Howard, Mrs. Cheek Hosts at Dessert-Bridge Mrs. Duke Howard and Mrs. Charles Cheek entertained at a des sert-bridge Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Cheek. Four tables were in play and high ?core prize, a pound of coffee, was won by Mrs. Gene Smith. Mrs. Gilbert Potter won second score 5 riie, plastic coat hangers, Mrs. ack Barnes won low score prize, a clothes pin bag with clothes pins and Mrs. James H. Potter, III, won the floating deuce prize, a neat of measuring cup*. The hoatesaes served an angel food dessert with coffee and during play, iced drinks and nuts were served. B&PW Club Hears Legislator H. Earle Mobley. county legis lator, spoke to members of the Car teret Business and Professional Women's Club at their meeting Itoeaday night at the American Le (ion Hut, Beaufort. He commended the club on iti civic work and commented on tba value of women participating in politics Mr. Mobley waa intro duced by Mra. Joe Beam, program chairman. Mra. Blanda McLohon, vice-pres ident, presided In the absence of the president, Mrs. C. L. Beam, who waa attending a New Barn B4PW meeUng. Mrs W. L I .of tin accompanied Mra. Beam to New Bern. Th&group empowered the exec utive board of the club to pro ceed with purchase of a sewing ma chine for the homfe economics de partment at Queen Street School, Beaufort. Three new members were ad mitted. They were Lyda Pinar, Alida WiUis, and Annie Clyta Swindell, all of Morehead City. Mra. Walter Laaker reported that ballots for Woman of the Year were being mailed te civic chiba. The Woman at tke Year awsrd will be made at the club's birth day party April IT. The club voted to contribute 110 to the Beaufort Finer Carolina Program. Prior to the business meeting the club bad dinner at H olden 's Restaurant, Beaufort .11 i ii n ? rri ? .t? ? y - World Day of Prayer To Be Observed Friday The World Day of Prayer will be observed <t S o'clock Friday af ternoon in the First Baptist Church, Beaufort. Taking part in the servica will be the Rev. J. P. Dees, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Rev. W. T. Roberson, pastor of the First Baptiat Church, The Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of the Ann Street Methodist Church, the Rev. J. E Howard, pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church and the Rev. E. V. O'Bryant, pastor of Purvis Chapel. Mrs Ralph Albares will be solo ist during the service and the Echo Chorus will sing. During the service tribute will be paid to Miss Sarah Chakko of India, who wrote the service which will be used this year. Miss Chak ko died in India Jan. 22, 1954. Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Webb Entertain Thursday Night Mrs. W. V. B. Potter and Mrs. Harold Webb entertained at a can asta party Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Webb in Morehead City to honor Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Graham of Silver Springs, Md., who were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Van Potter. Other guests present were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Potter, Miss Nan nie Potter and Mrs. Mary Privette. The hostesses served pineapple cake, punch, nuts and mints. / Lenten Church Services For St. Paul's Announced Ash Wednesday, March 3, will be observed in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Beaufort, with the cele bration of Holy Communion at 10 o'clock. At 4 o'clock that afternoon Lit any and prayer service will be held. During the Lenten season, Litany and prayer service will be held at 4 o'clock every Tuesday afternoon, the celebration of Holy Commun ion will be observed every Wednes day morning at 10 o'clock, a study program on the church and its teachings will be held at the Par ish House at 7:30 every Thursday evening, and evening prayer ser vice will be held at 5 o'clock Fri day afternoons. Betas Organize At Atlantic A chapter of the National Beta Cltfb. service-leadership organiza tion jfor high-school students of America, has been established at Atlantic High School. A. W. Prid gen, principal. The National Beta Club, with over 2,050 local chapters and approx imately 52,000 members in high schools of 16 States, is now in its twenty-first year, and has been in continuous operation since 1933. Objectives of this non-secret, leadership-service organization are to encourage effort, to promote character, to stimulate achieve ment among its members, and to encourage and assist students to continue their education after high school graduation. , Mrs. Anne Chadwick, teacher of English, was appointed as faculty sponsor for the Atlantic chapter. Permanent officers for this year are Dianne Daniels, president; San dra Salter, vice-president; Karen Smith, recording secretary; Sue Davis, correspondence secretary; and Betty Lou Bell, treasurer. The organization is composed of the following students, in addition to officers, who have fulfilled the requirements necessary for mem bership in the National Beta Club: Myrna Fulcher, Freddie Salter and Sammy Mason. Two Cars Tangle Near Harlowe Two cars tangled on highway 101 ? half mile east of Harlowe at 2:10 Sunday afternoon. Charles Landing, Wilson, driving a 1951 Chevrolet, was attempting to pass a 1953 Mercury driven by Tatiana L. Knisely of Hsvelock when he had to pull back because of aa oncoming car. < The front of his car hit the rear of the Knisely automobile causing about $35 damage. Damage to the Chevrolet was approximately $160. No charges were filed against drivers and no one was hurt. The investigating officer was W. J. Smith, highway patrolman. The Baaques hunted whales in the 12th and 13th Centuries. Mrs. Marie Johnson Beautician of Nashville, Tenn. Will b? at th* Beauty B*r, Beaufort, for coaMiltfttiao d urine the next Mrs. N. L. Walker Dies Friday at Washington Mr*. Clyde Duncan Walker died suddenly of a heart attack Friday morning in the Emergency Hospit al, Washington, D. C. Funeral services were held at the hone at 70S From St., Beaufort, at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. J. P. Dees, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating. Bur ial was in the family plot in Ocean View Cemetery. Mrs. Walker was the daughter of the late James Bruce Mason and Letitia Kirkland Mason of Chapel Hill, and wife of the late Dr. C. L. Duncan of Beaufort. Surviving are her husband, Nich olas L. Walker of Beaufort; three daughters, Mrs. B. C. "Brown of Ar lington. Va., Mrs. A. S. Rose of Beverly Hills, Cal., Mrs. James D. Herrman of Dayton, Ohio; one sister. Mrs. Harry Hambright of Mahhfield, Wis., and seven grand children. Out-of-towners here for the fu neral included Mr. John Duncan of Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Joe House Jr. and two daughters of Grifton, Miss Letitia House of Chapel Hill, Mrs Hambright of Marshfield, Wis. Mr and Mrs. William Hoyle of Henderson, Lewis Dibrell Walker, James Hunt Walker, both of Kal eigh; Andrew M. Walker of Reids ville, Mr. and Mrs. Gould Ham bright and two children of Fayette ville. Mrs. William Gaskin, Mrs. Frank Perry and daughter, Mrs. Fred Hussey, all of New Bern, Mrs. Thomas Stamps, Mr. and Mrs. Mc clain Capps, Miss Joan Plyler, Mr. Merritt Jones, all of Raleigh; and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Williams of Tarboro. MISS GLADYS GIBBS Funeral services for Miss Gladys Gibbs, 55, who died Saturday night at Duke Hospital were held in Henderson yesterday. Miss Gibbs, daughter of the late Mrs. Mattie Sabiston Gibbs and Mr. Seth Gibbs ol Beaufort ii survived by ? half sister, lira. Jack Horna day of Henderson. ' ROBERT E. LEE Robert E. Lee. 72, died sudden ly in Columbia. Pa., Uonday, Feb. 8 Funeral service were held at Co lumbia on Thursday, Feb. U, and burial was in Falrview Cemetery, Wrightsville, Pa. Mr. Lee, son of the late Profes sor Henry Lee and Betty Piver Lee of Morehead City, for many years owned and operated the Ocean Cafe in Morehead City. It was lo cated where Freeman Brothers store is now. He conducted a seafood and gro cery store in Columbia. He was a member of Rotary, a Mason, a Shriner and a Congregationalist. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Cor die Lee of Columbia and a cousin, Mrs. Sam Letters of Straits. JAMES P. HARRIS The Rev. James P. Harris, 71, former pastor of the First Baptist Church, Beaufort, died suddenly Sunday morning in Bethel. Funeral services were held in the Bethel Baptist Church at 11 o' clock yesterday morning and burial was in the family plot at Wake Forest Cemetery at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Harris was pastor of the Mildred Baptist Church in Edge combe County at the tin\e of his death. Surviving are his wife, three sons, J. P. Jr., of Beaufort, Shear on of Albemarle, Dr. Frank G. Har ris of Sanford; one brother, A. E. Harris of Hamlet: five sisters: Mrs. Kitty Sellars of Wadesboro, Mrs. Walter Marks of Lilesville, Mrs. Ella Hardaway, Mrs. Maude Lane of Blackstone, Va., and Mrs. A. J. 1 Cheek of Baltimore. Junior Woman's Club Will Put Playground at Bridge Property on the Beaufort side of the Beaufort draw bridge has been made available for the construction of a community playground. Mrs. David Hill, chairman of Beaufort Junior Woman's Club recreation committee, has announced. The property, now an empty field, has been made available by Harvey Smith, of the Fish Meal Co., Beaufort. The playground will be a joint project of the Junior Woman's Club and the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce. It will tie in with the Finer Carolina project of increasing recreational facilities of the town, Mrs. Hill said. Arrangements have been made to start levelling the land by bull dozer. The playground will be for youngsters up to 8 years old. Equipment for the playground will be supplied by the Junior 17 Woman's Club, with the Chamber of Commerce assisting jf needed, Braxton Adair, chairman of the chamber's playground committee, said. Plans are being made to have a playground supervisor. Gerald Hill, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and N. F. Eure, general chairman of the Beaufort Finer Carolina ContMt. expressed their pleasure at the Junior Woman's Club project. For a number of years, various organizations in Beaufort have been trying to get a community playground, they said. This is the first firm step in that direction, and Mr. Hill and Mr. Eure said they are grateful to Mr. Smith who is allowing his land to be used and to the Junior Woman's Club for handling the project. <r Feb. 24? Little Cheryl Lynn Graham, two-and-a-half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Graham, died Thursday evening at the Morebead City Hospital. She was loved by all who knew her. She Is survived by a sister, mater nal grandmother of Ohio, and pa ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs l<eon Graham: a great grandmoth er, Mrs. Bessie Graham, ol this community. Funeral services were held Sat urday morning at Mt. Pleasant Church by the Rev. Garris and in terment was in Graham's Chapel Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs Leo Peterson and daughter. Carolyn, of Havelock. spent a while Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Gilford Cannon. Mr. Charlie Freeman of Bridge ton spent Monday in the commun Ity and helped work on the new church building. Mrs. Elsie Fodne and Mr. Kel lie Fodrie of Norfolk spent Satur day night with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Small. Ray McCain, USA. attended Sun day School at Mt. Pleasant Sun day morning. Mrs. Nannie Small returned to Bridgeton Monday after a week's visit with Mrs. W. C. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Haskett and children. Brenda and Lester Jr., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd White of New Bern. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lewis spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Small. Mrs. Riley Norman. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Beachem and son, Floyd, and Mrs. Fannie Fodrie of Russells Creek spent Monday with Mrs. Thomas Haskett. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Collins of New Bern and Mrs. Etta Collins of Comfort spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Gilford Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Trigleth and children of Havelock spent a while Sunday afternoon in the commun ity. Mr. and Mrs. Kilby Haskett and children spent a while Sunday with Mrs. Ruth Burns of Bear Creek. Mrs. John Chaplain spent a while Sunday with Mrs. J. T. Graham. Mr. Wilson Phillips spent a while Monday in the community. Mr. P. D, Smith returned to his home at Maysville after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Gil ford Cannon. The prayer group at Harlowe met with Mrs. S. D. Wilkinson Tuesday morning. Residents Propose County Historical Society Several persons have expressed interest in organizing a County Historical Society. Others who feel that the organ ization would be worthwhile are re quested to contact F. C. Salisbury, 806 Evans St., Morehead City, or Thomas Respess, 108 Pollock St., Beaufort, phone 2-3846. n / 1 ' Wednesday tSGlK S Morning FIRST COME - FIRST SERVED 100% SPECIAL NYLON PRINT8 AND. SOLID COLORS 3 TO 1* YD. LENGTHS M* ?n|y &. vn 300 Yd? NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE It is a pleasure to Announce that ALVIN WEST is again in Charge of Our Service Dept. As SERVICE MANAGER During the r??r 1953, Mr. H. Earls Mobley, our owner and general manager, vai absent from the business because of other duties and ill nesa and Mr. Wert served as assistant manager. However, with the re turn of Mr. Mobley to an active status, Mr. West is now free to devote his entire time to the service department. His many years of Buick experience is your assurance that your every need will be taken care of in an efficient and courteous manner. MOBLEY BUICK CO 1710 BRIDGES ST. " MOREHEAD CITY FOR APPLIANCES and T.V. SEE Mr. A. B. VICK WHO WILL BE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU . . . BLANCHARDS Electric Service ? 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