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Shirt Factory Converts To New Wonder Fabric Defendant Pays JIM on Drunk Driving Charge ' Mrs. Doris Ambrose m fined $100 on a drunk driving charge. Monday in More head City Record er's Court. Mrs. Ambrose was arrested Feb. 21 by State Patrolman J. W. Sykes after Morehead police notified the State Highway Patrol to be on the lookout for the Ambrose car. The prosecuting witness, Willard Taylor, told the court that Mrs. Ambrose was driving her car in "an erratic manner" on high 70 com ing toward Morehead City. He also stated that she forced him and another car off the road in passing him. He reported the matter to the Morehead police and they in turn notified the highway patrol. Pa trolman Sykes and Capt. Herbert Griffin, of the Morehead City Po lice, stated that when Mrs. Am brose was arrested she was under the influence of alcohol. Mrs. Ambrose pled not guilty Feb 22, but changed her plea to guilty Monday. Her husband, John Davis Ambrose, is also charged with drunk driving. His case was continued. Mrs. Ambrose was also charged with driving with an expired li cense. The court fined her $10 and costs, but remitted the $10 fine. The court found Paul Bowden Jr., charged with drunk . driving, guilty of reckless driving and ord ered him to pay a fine of $50 and costs. Pleads Guilty The warrant was changed from drunk driving to reckless driving and Bowden pled guilty to the amended charge. The state decided not to prose cute Thomas G. Cox and Victor I. Hammond. Cox was charged with allowing Hammond to drive his car. Hammond, charged with no op erator's license, produced a valid California driver's permit and the State decided not to prosecute. Laughton Everett McDowell, charged with aiding and abetting Lloyd Frank Fillingame in possess ing stolen gasoline, was sentenced to 00 days on the roads. Judge HeNolll said that sentence will be suspended if the defendant pays $25 and costs in 90 days and remains on good behavior for two years. Prayer for judgment was contin ued for 30 days in the case of Reginald Conway, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and dis turbing the peace. Found Not Guilty The court found Victor Thomas Bellamah not guilty of failing to stop at a stop light. Eugene Brooks Flemming was found not guilty of speeding. Early Thomas Taylor was found : guilty of failing to yield the right . of way. He was fined $10 and costs. Taylor was found not guilty on two other charges, failing to give a turn signal, reckless driving and failure to yield the right of way. James Norris was fined $25 and costs on a no operator's license I charge. The fine will be remitted if a valid license is shown to the clerk of court in 30 days. Pays *M, ("outs The court sssessed Mrs. Mary O. Griffin, charged with reckless driving, ISO and coats. It also fined Frank R. Oarlock $10 and coats on a speeding charge. Earnest Mattox, guiltyvof public drunkenness, was sentenced to 30 days on the streets to be suspend ed on payment of $29 and coats and 12 months good behavior. Horace Jones, sentenced to 30 days on the streets for drunken ness Nov. to. 1953, failed to com ply with conditions of suspend ed sentence. He failed to pay a $10 fine and costa of court, stay so ber and behave himself for 90 days. The 30-day sentence was invoked and he was sent to work on the roads. Court costs were imposed on the following: Vernte Clifton Godwin, exceeding the load limit; Barney Matthews, public drunkenness; Wil lie Marion Creech, speeding. Paul Damaky, failing to stop at a stop sign; and B. B. Halterson, speed ing. Cues continued were Leo Eu banks, issuing a worthless check far ISO; Calvin Alexander Edwards, exceeding the load limit; John James Jr., running through a red light; William "Pete" Fuiford Jr., poeaeaaing stolen property; Wil liam VaUmore, speeding; and Char lie Smith, Negro, no operator's li cense, steeling a car, reckless driv ing, and driving after license re voked. Robert Alvln Kelley, speeding, reckless driving, and drunk driv ing; Harold Wltlls, pdblk drunk enness and disturbing the peace: Will Lawrence Jr., no license pis tea; and Albert Lea Copes, im proper use of dealer platen. ? Morehead City Carment Co. la switching afwiHy fnv per ku of iu production to shirt* made at Awiwt, tha new airacto fabric developed by American Viscose Corp. With ita affiliate. Beaver Shirt Manufacturing C*.. Mure head city Garment Co. is first in the field with this improved type of rayoa. The Garment Co. ftrtt manufac tured shirts of Avcoaet starting last October on an experimental basis Consumers, according to American Viscose Corp. proved that the ma terial is permanently washable, that shrinkage is last than two\>er cent, that colors never fade and thai the fabric ia longer lived. National Publicity In an advertisement Wednesday in the nationally distributed Daily Trade Record. American Viscose Corp. stated: "'The Beaver Shirt Mfg. Co. (synonymous with Morehead City Garment Co.) has one pre-occupa tion: to give the consumer the finest fabric, finish and tailoring for the money. That's why, to get the best rayon wasability on the market today. Beaver is switching to Avcoset! "Listen to Jules Peters, presi dent of Beaver. 'We've always had washability. But nothing like Avco set! I saw this last October when we came out with our Glentop gabardine sport shirt of Avcoset rayon. Deigned as a staple, it was popularly priced and a pip of a shirt. The finest stores were fea turing it. Within 48 hours after the merchandise was on the coun ters we knew we had a runaway. Our phones kept ringing. Reorders kept piling up through a half mil lion yards and we've only scratched the surface!' "So impressed was Beaver with the appeal and performance of Avcoset," the American Viscose ad continued, "that this February they're coming out with a second line, in Avcoset rayon challis." Steady Work Due to the demand for Avcoset shirts Morehead City Garment Co. worked steadily right up to Christ mas while most shirt factories across the nation were shut down due to lack of orders. And, for the first time in its history with the exception of an nual vacation shutdowns, Morehead City Garment Co. was obliged to shut down last Thursday and Fri day to complete machine readjust ments and shirt cutting to ac celerate Avcoect manufacture. Employment at the Garment Co. is at an all-time high and every indication points toward a busy 1954, Mrs. Edna Jackson said. Mrs. Jackson is president of Morehead City Garment Co. and a vice-presi dent of Beaver Shirt Mfg. Co. Mr. Peters, president of Beaver, is a vice-president of Morehead City Garment Co. 1 USCG Opens Enlistments Norfolk. V?. ? The U. S. Coast Guard announced today that it is again seeking men between 17 and 26 for enlistment in the regular service following a two-month shut down of recruiting. The Coast Guard's action is prompted by s move made by the service last week which allows thousands of enlisted men now on active duty to receive their dis charges as much as six months early. Most new recruits signing up at Fifth Coast Guard District recruit ing station will be sent to the Cokst The Coast Guard recruiter It at' the More head Ctty Festofflce each Wednesday from ?:M a.m. to 4:M P-*l Guard Receiving Center at Capo May. N. J., lor basic training-' All enlistments, the Coast Guard said, are for a period of four years, and recruiting officials pointed out that former servicemen may enlist even If their ages are over 28. Ex Coast Guard and Navy men who were rated electronics technicians or aviation electronics technicians may currently bo reenlisted with their old rates. Other rates, from time to time, may be open for re enlistment by ex-servicemen Following basic training, many new recruits are assigned to spe cial service schools which lead to petty officer ratings, while others are stationed aboard Coast Guard cutters or short Installations gen erally somewhere in the United States or iU possessions Fifth District recruiting offices are located In the Postofflce Build ing. Norfolk. Va.; at 1*13 Wilson St., Afllngton, Va.; In the Ap prslsMt Stores Building. Balti more, Md.; in the Veterans Admin istration Building. Durham, N. C., and In the Custom House, Wilming ton, N. C. Raising Cats Salins, Kan. (AF) ? It didn't rain cats and dogs harp? Just cats. During a shower, Barbara Crook, a restaurant employe, want outside and let the awning down. Six kit tens promptly fail on her. The mother cat apparently had tucked her family in the awning (or shel County Veterans Invited to Hear Vice-Commander Thomas W. Bird Will Speak Tuesday Night At New tern Veterans of (his ewfnty have been invited to heir Thomas W. Bird, national vie*- commander of the American Legion, when he speaks at 8 o'clock Tuesday night to the New Bern legion post The meeting will take place at the Le Kion Hut, East Front street. New Bern. Mr. Bird, a Charlotte insurance executive, was elected national vice-chairman for 1933-54 by the 33th annual convention, St. Louia, Mo. His election to the second high est office in the world's largest veterans' organization came as a climax to 33 years of outstanding service within the American Legion on the post, department and na tional levels. Born at Candler, N. C., he was educated in Sand HiU High School, Buncombe County, and was grad uated from the Western North Carolina Teachers College at Cul Thomas W. Bird ... to visit New Bern lowhee. In college he was president of the Debating Society, of his senior class and of the campus YMCA. tenters Army Mr. Bird entered the United States Army for World War I ser vice at Ft. Jackson, S. C. He was assigned to the 317th Field Artil lery Headquarters Company of the 81st Division. After he arrived in France in August 1918, Mr. Bird was sent to the Artillery Officers Training Camp at Saemeur in Sep tember 1918. He attended t|)e Uni* versity of Grenoble in France dur ing the spring and summer of 1919. He returned to the United States late in August 1919 and was dis charged as a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery Reserve. Upon returning home to North Carolina, Mr Bird affiliated him self with Kiffin-Rockwell Post of the American Legion at Asheville and served as post commander. He was elected department comman der in North Carolina for 1921-22. In 1934 he moved to Charlotte and has since been a member of the Hornets Post 9 there. He served on numerous committees In the years that followed. Heads Railroad In addition to his Insurance busi ness, Mr. Bird served as secretary of the North Carolina Railroad in 1946. He is now president of this railroad. Active in civic affairs, he is a past president of the Mecklenberg County Council of the Boy Scouts of America, serving in that capa city from 1948 to 1947 and receiv ing the Silver Bearer award', he Is a 29-year member of the Board of Stewards of his Methodist Church; a member of the Char ' lotte City Club; a director of the 1 Charlotte Baseball Club; and a di rector of the Waxhaw Telephone | Co. BttfMtng Pragresaea H. L. Joslyn, county superin tendent of schools, said this week that construction on the Camp Glenn School is "way ahead of schedule." He said it may be possi ble to hold eighth grade commence ment exercises in the new building. In April Theatre to Give Play, Father of the Bride The Carteret Comnuaity Theatre will present the three-act comedy, Father of the Bride, as their sec ond production. It is tentatively scheduled (or presentation the lat ter part of April. The sponsor for the first two performances will be the Beaufort Junior Woman's Club Mrs. Wilejr Taylor Jr., business manager, said that other organiza tions which may wish to sponsor the play should contact her as soon as possible According to the re cently adopted constitution, one play may be given only five times and repeated productions must fol low within 30 days of the premiere. At the theatre meeting Wednes day night in the Scout building, Beaufort, Walton Hamilton was elected director. He named Sam my Daniels as bis assistant. Thom as Respess was appointed theatre librarian to keep copies of play books purchased by the theatre. The group decided to start a County Court (Continued from Page 1) costs or 30 days on the roads. William E. Powers, charged with speeding and reckless driving, was ordered to pay $50 and costs. Earl G. Lewis, charged with no oper ator's license and expired license plates, was ordered to pay $10 and costs. The court dismissed the case against Martin Davis, charged with receiving money with intent to de(raud. Davis was accused of taking $135 as down payment on an automobile he intended to sell but which the prosecuting witness stated she never received. State questioning of Davis brought out the fact that after the initial payment was made, no sub sequent payments were made and Davis took back the ear. The pros ecuting witness then admitted she had the tar for a short period, but failed to make any more payments. The court assessed Leonard C. Carroll $10 and costs on a charge of possessing bootleg whiskey. Woodrow Royal, charged with speeding, was fined $10 and costs. The state decided not to prase cute Harold G. Lange, charged with allowing an unlicensed per son to drive. John T. Wilson, Edgar Dees Newton, and Richard Smith, all charged with public drunken ness. were fined $10 and costs each. Cases in which defendants for feited bond for failing to appear were Ralph Allen Graninger, charged with speeding; Joe Ernul Lewis, charged with speeding and driving on the wrong side of the highway; and Jell Cleveland Col lins, charged with speeding. Judith D. Shrom, charged with no operator's license and Clifton Lewis, charged with violating a fisheries regulation, were ordered to pay court costs. Case Continued Cases that were continued were Herbert H. Jones, Robert Morti mer Fisher Jr., Joseph E. Kata, Ot to Johnson, and Robert Alvin Wolfe, all charged with speeding; Larry Dalemore Smith, William F. Dolan and William Henry Hill, all charged with drunk driving. Thomas Joseph Kelly, expired license plates; Harold Neil Gross nickle, speeding and drunk driving; Charles C. Snail, no operator's li cense and no lRense plates; Odessa Jones, public drunkenness and pos sessing bootleg whiskey. William G. Smith, public drunk enness and possessing bootleg whiskey; Edmund Plymouth Smith, drunk driving and possessing boot leg whiskey; William Silaa Taylor, failing to yield right-of-way caus ing an accident. Mary Willis O'Conner, expired operator's license and no license plates, and Vandie H. Alligood, abandonment and non-support. Trustee* to Meet The board of trustees of the Sea Level Community Hospital will meet at 7:30 Monday night at the hospital. Tillman A. Taylor is chairman of the board. FRESH, POTENT DRUGS GIVE YOU MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS To bo fully effective, the inf redients of your prescription must bo at full potency, which meana they must be fresh. Because we do such a largo business, wo dan maintain fresh stocks of all drugs, fill all prescriptions with elements that are at tha peak of potency.* MOREHEAD CITY DRUG CO. A GOOD DRUG STORE PHONE 6-4360 111 ARENDELL ST. MOREHEAD CITY. N. C. ? membership drive, beginning im mediately New memb?r? at the meeting were Donny Smith and Shawnee Spears of Morehead City, and lira. Merritt Bridgeman of Newport RPD. Ed Walston, president, ^an nounced that the Carteret group has been invited to give a scene from a play at the Eastern Region al Drama Festival March 26-27. The invitation was extended by the Wilson Little Theatre. The group approved a party for theatre members. Details will be planned by the executive board. Miss Joyce Willis, Morehead City, and Mrs. Taylor were chosen as the theatre's nominees for Wo man-of-the-Year. Mr. Daniels suggested that one act plays be presented by the group over the radio. The matter was taken under consideration. 17 Firms Aid In Conservation Seventeen firm* have contribu ted to the Carteret County Soil Conservation program. Roy Beck, noil conservation i?t, baa announced. Those contributing were Heath's Grocery, C. M Hill, Hlbba Soda Shop. Kelly's Service Station, Al len and Bell Hardware, Roy T. Gamer, Newport Milling Co. R. D. Garner Grocery, Newport Tractor and Equipment Co., How ard's Garage, G. W. Huntley, and the Newport First-Citizena Bank and Trust Co. Maloa Milk and let Cream Co., Inc., Carteret-Craven Eleotric Membership Corp., Morehead City Garment Co., T. T. (Tom) Potter, and the Morehead City Afcl*. Nearly a third of Canada's for eign trade moves by way of the St. Lawrence River. In 1&52 more than four million dairy cows were bred artificially in the United States. Greenville Degree Staff Visit* Moose the Greenville Degree Start pre sided >1 an initiatory service at the Morehead City Moose Lodge Mon day wh#n 16 candidates became members a i the Leyal Order of Moose Interested members of the More head City Lodge met with the Greenville Degree Staff after the business meeting to diacusa plana for organizing a degree staff Several members will attend the three-day district meeting of the Moose at Greensboro March 13 through IS. Following the meeting, a buffet luncheon was served. Mat is Historic . Provincetown, Mass (AP) ? Anthony R. Francis left a batter ed silk bat on a business office ticket desk and a clerk consigned it to the dump. Francis retrieved it after much dump-picking. He says it once belonged to the late President William Howard Taft and he has worn it until it has become known to Francis' friends as his private trademark. - ^ ? ~ Group Schedules Leaf Meetings A series of meeting* sponsored by the FlarCurad Stabilisation Corp. will be held during March, K M Williams, county farm agent, ,ha? announced. At the meetings a report on the operetta* of the Stabilisation Corp , which administer! BO per cent of the parity support price for flue vured tobacco, will be presented. Delegates to the Stabiliiation's annual stockholders meeting June 2S in Raleigh will be selected A discussion period will follow the meetings. Officials from North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation will be present. Meetings closest to Carteret County are at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Agricultural Building in Kinston and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Greenville Courthouse. Mr. Williams urges county farm ers and tobacco men to attend eith er of these meetings. 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