Beaufort Finer Carolina
Committee Submits Report
Scout Leaders, Parents
To Meet at 7:30 Tonight
ncviiwioainiu in vuu oiuui> in T
Morehead City will be discussed at
a meeting of parents and Scout of
ficials at 7:30 tonight in the audi
torium of the Educational Build
ing of First Methodist Church,
Morehead City.
The meeting has been called be
cause the Cub Scouts are now with
out a sponsor. If enough sponsors
can be found, Ethan Davis Jr.,
neighborhood commissioner, says
it would be desirable to form three
packs because there are at least
100 boys interested.
Letters to parents of boys who
are Cub Scout age were sent out
this week informing them of the
coming meeting and its purpose.
The letter was signed by Mr. Da
vis, E. W. Koelofs. Cubmaster, R.
B. Howard, district commissioner;
and Dr. I). J. Kure, chairman of
organization and extension.
Before discussion of the problem,
a short film on Cub Scouting will
be shown.
Scout Official
Finishes Course
N. F. Euro, Beaufort, has been
awarded a national training certifi
cate from the Schiff Scout Reser
vation, N. J., for successfully com
pleting a weekend course there in
district administration, Travis
Thompson, East CSrolina Council
Boy Scout training chairman, an- |
nounces.
Mr. Eure, chairman of the Car
teret District Scout committee, was
one of four State Scout officials
who went to the reservation recent
ly to take the course. Others were
Ralph H. M07.0, Wilson, Scout ex
ecutive;' W. G. Edwards. Spring '
Hope; and Albert Salem, Wilson. |
Mr. Thompson has stated that
several other groups are planning
to go to the national training cen
ter during the coming months to
learn under the best Scout instruc- '
tors in the country at the reserva
tion located near Morristown.
One of the showpieces of the
reservation is a sun dial, a gift
I?
Newport Mayor
Tells of 'Free'
Encyclopedia Deal
At the recent town board meet
in# at Newport, Mayor Edgar Hibbs
told a story that he said should
serve as a warning to Newport
folks and eveiyone else in the
county.
He reported that an encyclope
dia salesman came to him and of
fered him free a whole set of
encyclopedias, worth $250, if the
mayor would simply allow his
name to be used in endorsement of
the encyclopedias.
The mayor said he listened to
the glib salestalk and said yes, he
thought he'd take the set and al
low his name to be used.
Then, saiu the salesman, for just
$100, the mayor could get the an
nual encyclopedia supplement.
Again the salesman went into a
long song and dance about how
wonderful the supplement was
The mayor listened and then
said, "No, I don't think I want the
supplement. I'll just take the free
set of encyclopedias."
The salesman was miffed. In
that case, he said, there was no
free offer and off he went.
The mayor said he thought from
he beginning there was a catch
to the deal and suggested to the
town board that some action should
ae taken to prevent such characters
from trying to hoodwink the peo
ple.
The Rev. Colvard Guthrie
To Preach Sunday Night
The Rev. Colvard Guthrie will
preach at the 7:30 Sunday night
service in the Parkview Baptist
Church, highway 70 at the Bogue
Sound Club Road.
Following the service there will
be a business meeting. Persons
interested in the mission are re
iiuested to attend.
from the International Boy Scout
Association with headquarters in
London, England.
? The Beaafort Finer Carolina
steering roam it tea has completed
its progress report for February.
In accordance *ith Carolina Power
and Light contest rules, the report
was given to George Stovall, local
CP4L manager.
On the clean up project, the re
port stated that the ground be
tween the curb and aideualks has
been levaied to prevent dirt from
washing into gutters. Thus un
sightly condition of streets will be
eliminated.
On the beaut if ication project. 19
near-dead trees and tree stumps
were removed. The unoccupied
Dave Richardson home oo .Ann
street, long overgrown with weeds,
was cleaned up by the town crew,
and other homeowners have re
modeled their houses and cleaned
property.
f On the recreation project, the
Beaufort Junior Woman's Club ob
tained waterfront property for a
playground for children up to 8
years of age. The property, south
of the Beaufort drawbridge, has
been cleaned and will be bulldozed.
Playground equipment will be sup
plied by the Junior Woman's Club
and the Chamber of Commerce.
Under project No. 4, additional
tourist aids, up-to-date data con
cerning the county has been sup
plied for the revised edition of
North Carolina, a Guide to the Old
North State, published by the Uni
versity of North Carolina Press.
The information, 26 pages of it,
was compiled by Miss Dorothy M.
Avery, Beaufort. This is the first
complete revision of tourist infor
mation of the entire county to be
collected in 10 years. N. F. Kure,
chairman of the Finer Carolina con
test, said.
Fire Truck Bought
On project No. 5, improved rural
relations, the Beaufort Rural Fire
Association bought a truck and
thousand gallon tank to fi*?ht out
of-town fires. The equipment is
maintained and manned by the
Beaufort Fire Department. Five
out-of-town alarms have already
been answered with the rural fire
truck and other town equipment.
The first day the truck was put
into service, it was instrumental in
saving a ruraF home.
Submitted with the report were
two photographs, one was of the
rural truck in action at a demon
stration fire, and the other showed
Leslie Springle, chairman of the
Rural Fire Association, and J. P.
Harris, fire commissioner, turning
title to the truck over to Mayor
I Clifford Lewis.
J. D. Holf,
H. R. King Talk
To Men's Group
J. D. Holt, manager of the More
head City port, and H. R. King,
superintendent of the New Bern
District of the Methodist Churcfc,
were the speakers Tuesday night
at the monthly mooting of the
Morehead City Methodist Men's
Club.
Mr. Holt told of port activities
during the past year and gave the
outlook for the coming year.
Mr. King complimented the men
on their ?ork and far their inter
est in seeing other clubs organiatd.
Jim Bob Sanders, program chair
man, Introduced both speakers. Ap
proximately 120 persons were pres
ent for the steak supper-meeting in
the education building. Twelve via
itors were from Beaufort.
Jesse Staton, religious education
director of the church, dismissed
the group with the benediction.
Driver Draws
Suspended Term
Henry Democ Stilley was sen- 1
teneed to six months on the roads
in Morehead City Recorder's Court
Monday. The sentence will be sus
pended, Judge George McNeill
said, if the defendant remains so
ber and on good behavior for two
years, refrains from driving in the
state for 12 months, and pays a
$250 fine and costs of court.
Stilley was charged with resist
ing arrest, assaulting an officer,
speeding, reckless driving, driving
on the wrong side of the road,
failing to stop, and driving drunk.
He pled guilty to all charges.
The court ordered court costs
paid in the cases of Abe Silver
man. running a red light; Emilt
T. Blondex, speeding; and William
Vallmore, speeding 90 miles an
hour on the Morehead City-Beau
fort bridge.
George Anderson, charged with
reckless driving, was fined $25 and
costs. All other cases were con
tinued until Monday because Su
perior Court was in session.
Tune is Costly
Long Beach, Calif. (AP) ? A
tune on the piano cost Elsie C.
White $13. Her music drowned
"ie noise of # burglar.
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Morehead City Chatnber Protests
Curtailment of Airline Service
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March 10 Mr and Mr*. Edwin
Piner and their four children.
Keith. Beth, Pamela, and Johnaie,
are now making their home at Da
vis. They formerly lived at Wlllia
ton.
Mrs. Virgil Styron and her in
fant son. Richard Wayne, came
home Monday from Morehead City
Hoapital.
Mrs Adell Salter, of Sea Level,
visited her daughters, Mrs. Wardie
Murphy and MYs. Edwin Piner last
week.
Mrs. L. A. Lee has returned from
a weeks visit in Norfolk with her
daughter. Mrs. A. C. Miller.
Mrs. Vernlcia Salter, Mrs. Justin
Willis Sr., and Mrs. Alma Pake
visited Mrs. Saphronia Fulcher at
Crab Point Thursday. Mrs. Fulcher
is Mrs. Salter's sister.
Mrs. May Spears, Misa J esse
I lodge kins, and Mrs. Carrie Chria
lianson, of Buffalo, N. Y. are the
guests of Mrs. Clair Chamber and
family for several days.
Mr. Justin Willis spent Thursday
wi(h his sister, Mrs. Tommie Wil
lis, in Morehead City.
Mr. and Mrs. Frances Murphy
went to New Bern Sunday to spend
several days with Mr and Mrs
Alva Fulcher. Mrs. Fulcher is Mr.
Murphy's sister.
Mr Burkley Willis entered More
head City Hospital Monday and
went under surgery Tuesday morn
ing. His friends are glad to know
his condition following the opera
tion is very satisfactory.
Miss Linda Salter, of Beaufort,
spent the weekend with Misses
Connie and Willa Jackson, daugh
ters of Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Jack
son, minister of the Free Will Bap
tist Church.
Friends of Mrs. Carl Souther
land' of Morehead City, are sorry
to hear that she has gone to Wil
son, N. C. for treatment at the
sanitorium there. Mrs. Southerland
is the former Lessie Huggins, and
a niece of Mrs. Georgia Willia of
Davis.
Rev. and Mrs. Jackson took their
daughter. Carolyn Ruth, to the
doctor in Morehead City Tuesday,
and he diagnosed her sickness as
influenza.
Atlantic Baptist Association
The First Baptist Church was
tjfost to the' Pastor's conference
?* J. A. DuBois, manager o I the
Morehead City Chamber of Own
meecf kaa wrtttad Um Civil Aero
nsufics Board opposing Piedmont
Airlines' proposed discontinuance
of May and September service to
this seetiea.
In a brief filed before tha CAL
last mMlh. fVrimnt said that
vacation travel to this reaort area
is concentrated in the months of
June, Mr and August and rala
tively few passengers uao air ser
vice to Morehead City-Beaufort
during the months of llay and Sep
tember."
Figures supplied by Piedmont
show that May passengers in 1952
numbered 89 as compared with
114 In May 1983 and a high of 941
in July 1892. Paaaengers in Sep
tember 10S2 totaled 17 aa com
pared with 115 in September 1953.
The highest number of passengers
in any month were 362 in July
1953.
Based on direct flying and sta- i
tion costs, suspension of service to '
Morehead City-Beaufort in May and
September would result in substan
tial savings to Piedmont and con
sequently a reduction in govern- 1
of the Atlantic Association Monday '
at 10:30 a m. The meeting was <
held at the church, Rev. E. H. Can- >
nady, of Richland presiding, Pol
lowing the business session, the
members were invited over to the
pastorium for a social hour and
refreshment.
Mrs. Gamer, wife cjf the pastor of
Davis Church greeted the guests, snd
was assisted by Mrs. Dena Salter,
Mrs. Rosalie Davis, Mrs. Lillie Wil
lis and Mrs.'Jeanette Willis served
a dinner consisting of chilled to
mato juice, baked ham. string
beans, baked potato, congealed car
rot aad pineapple salad, hot clover
leaf rolls, cherry tarts with whip- I
ped cream, and hot coffee. ?
Seventeen members were pres
ent: Rev. J. M. Flowers, First
Church, Havelock; Dr. W. Hamil
ton, Cherry Point; Rev. C. M.
Hicks. Jacksonville; Rev. L. J. At
kinson, Swansboro; Rev. A. L. Ben
ton. Marshatlberg; Dr. J. H. Bunn.
First Church, Morehead City; Rev.
E. H. Cannady, Richland; Rev. O.
W. Colvard, Associational Mission
ary, New Bern.
Rev. Anthony Gurganus, Tar
landing; Rev. H. B. Hines, Aurora;
Rev. J. R. Owens, Havelock; Rev.
C. E. Parker, First Church, New
Bern; Rev. D. H. Smith, Jackson
ville; Rev. W. T. Roberson, Beau
fort; Rev. John Privott, Atlantic;
Rev. Maurice Garner, Davis; Rev.
"J. G. Murray, visitor.
Ment support in the form of air
mail payi Piedmosrt u?i
TIM alrttkr cfaHM that if they
operate here this May and Sefttem !
bar tfcey will sustain a $1,481 loaa. J
Mr. DuBois' letter toltoas
"In the application of Piedmont ?
Aviation for the suspension of ser
vice to the Morebead City-Beaufort
Area, statistics on passengers
hoarded and deplaned during 19^2
and 1953 were quoted.
"Though the months of May and
September did not equal the
months of June, July and August,
they did show a 20 per cant in
crease ia traffic from 1(02 to 1993.
: "This increase is in direet ratio
to the Increase in tourist and sport
fishing traffic during the past year.
"One of the main objectives of
our Chamber, of Commerce is the
extension of ftie tourist season and
we have backed this program with
year-around Vacationland advertis
ing. All of the businesses depend
ant upon tourist traffic hava felt
U|e benefit of the extended season
and the Ocean King Hotel on the
beach, open the year around in
1982 '33 and '53- '54 has fared ex
ceptionally well.
"The service rendered by Pied
mont has been one of the moat
tialpful (actors in the extension of I
Mir resort season and we feel that I
my curtailment of service in May |
I ??UTA?, AT1.^W?VJI
or September will mean 1 icriou*
let beck to thu e?tr? coastal area.
"We have. to tokfl auil, two
iDquirlei about PittoNt'i sched
ule in May ? one from Roanoke,
Htfitiu, and one from Cincinnati,
Ohio.
"It i? our sincere hope that some
?ay may be leund to ?'?? this
rapidly progressing area a little
lon|er chance to put the months of
May and September in the profit
ultima for Piedmont "
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