Judge Hears Seven Cases Driver Plead* Guilty To Drunken Driving, Get* Suspended Term Seven cues were heard Tuesday in Beaufort Recorder's Court by Judge Earl Mason Six of the cases involved traffic violations and the other was a public drunkenness case. Ernest Johnson. Beaufort Negro, charged with drunken driving, pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 80 days on the roads. The sentence will be sus pended if the defendant pays $100 and costs in 30 days. Judge Mason ordered Johnson's license sus pended for one year. Another case of drunk driving, against Harold Lee Willis, was con tinued until next week. Willis is also charged with public drunk enness. Norman Thomas Fisher, charged with driving a car with no lights, was sentenced to 30 days on. the streets to be suspended if he pays $25 and costs. James W. Piner and Joseph Al phonse Despres, charged with run ning through a traffic light, were ordered to pay court costs. Estelle Gillikin Merrill, charged with cut ting through a service station, and Arthur Davis, charged with public drunkenness, were also ordered to pay court costs. Marvin H. Powers, charged with failing to stop for a stop sign, was ordered to pay court costs. The state continued the case against Frederick C. Raymond, charged with failing to stop at a stop light and speeding 40 miles in a 20 mile zone. Norman Fisher Cleared of Three Charges Monday Judge George McNeill on Mon day issued a verdict of not guilty in the case of Norman Fisher charged with drunken driving, reckless driving, and public drunk enness. Fisher appeared in More head City Recorder's Court. He was charged with drunk and reckless driving and the state amended the warrant to include public drunkenness. William Duberry, charged with being drunk on the highway, was sentenced to 30 day on the streets to be suspended on payment of court costs. Joseph Hester, charged with public drunkenness, was sen tenced to 30 days on the streets. Leo Eubanks, charged with pass ing a worthless check for $80, was ordered to make the check good and pay court costs. Wadell Gilli kin, charged with two counts of speeding, was fined $10 and costs. Pays $tt, Costs Robert L. Lewis, charged with speeding, was ordered to pay $25 and costs of court. Evelyn Chad wick Hessee, charged with failing to stop for a stop sign, was ordered to pay costs. Mrs. Hessee was also charged with no operator's license. The state decided not to prosecute when the defendant produced a valid license: Court costs were imposed on the following: Robert Peter Robinson Jr. and Donald J. Avallon, speeding; Reg inald Clemmer Willis, failing to stop at a stop sign; Robert Edward Hamlin, expired license plates; Hubert Rouse and Edgar A Tay lor. public drunkenness; and Al bert Lee Copes, charged with mis use of dealer plates, waa ordered to pay one-third court costs. The state decided not to try Gene L. Harrell, charged with ex I pired license plates. Cases Continued Cases continued were Kenneth Claude Howell, drunk driving; Cal vin Alexander Edwards, overload : ing; Robert Alvtn Kelley, drunk driving, reckless driving and speed ing; and Will Lawrence Jr., fall ing to display license plates. Harold Wiltis, drunk and dis turbing the peace; Joseph Ander son, fighting and assaulting Har honyP'ayS Little SyrT1 AUdience To La'9e * The North Carolina Little Sym-4 phony piayad to the largest audi ence it hai ever had in Carteret County Wednesday evening when it appeared in the Beaufort School auditorium. Following the singing of the Crusaders Hymn by the audience, the symphony played the overture to the opera, If I Were King by Adam, and the Mozart Symphony No. 33, known as the Haffner sym phony. After the Suite for String Orches tra by Corelli and excerpts from the Ballet Coppelia by Delibes, Frank Eckart, tenor soloist, sang Massenet's Elegy and Vesta la Giubba from the opera I Pagliacci. For the second half of the pro gram, Mr. Eckart delighted his audience with Vfie Celida Manina from Puccini's Lla Boheme and La Danta by Rossi ni A* -an encore he sang Friml's Donkey Serenade. The orchestra then played waltzes from the operetta. Merry Widow. The Snow is Dancing from the Children's Corner suite by De bussy. the Tlck-Todk polka from Die Fledermaus and excerpts from Oklahoma. As an encore they played the Typewriter, a novelty, which had been voted on during intermission, and meditations from Thais. Blanks were attached to the pro grams given the audience, and dur ing the concert, Skinner Chalk, president of the Carteret Chapter for the next year, requested the audience to indicate on the blanks the number and type of tickets (general admission or patron) they expected to buy next year. Approximately *420 worth of in dividual tickets were "spoken for," indicating tha^ the audience enjoy ed Wednesday evening's perform- 1 ance. B&PW Club Elects Officers; Pastor Presents Program Rotary Club Hears Minister The Rev. D. B. Cummins, pastor of the Newport Missionary Baptist Chureh, was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Newport Rotary Club Monday. Mr. Cummins spoke on the theme "The* Little Things," point ing out that little things influence big things. He gave as an example the story of David and Goliath, in which David used a slingshot to bring about the downfall of a big man. He told the club that it should play an active part in the com munity and church even though it may be small, for it will influence bigger things. Mr. Cummins was introduced by Milton C. Warren, program chair man, who made a few introductory remarks. He said that one of the ideals of the club is participating in community life. Church-going is a phase of that life, and attend ing church was as important as at tending a club meeting, he added. Aaron Craig, club president, pre sided and Mr. Cummins gave the invocation. Visitors were Walter Edwards and Gerald Mitchell of Morehead City. Social Security Payments Bring $218,484 to County Sparkling Top J This coiffure shown in Puis Is trimmed with Jewels and In cludes a fireworks - producing mechanism which Is designed to draw attention to hairdo. Conference Called The Rev. J. D. Young pastor of Ann Street Methodist Church, an nounced yesterday thatt a special quarterly conference has been called for 8:30 Sunday night, Ap ril 11, at the church. Special bus iness will be transacted. vey Horton Jr. with a knife; Har vey Horton Jr., fighting and sim ple assault; Lamont Edgerton. drunk driving and failing to stop at a stop alfn; David J. Geslcki, no operator's license. William E. White, no operator's license: and William Richard Mc Clanaban, reckless driving. ? N. A. Avera, manager of the So cial Security office, Wilmington, reports in a letter to the Business and Professional Women s Club that social security benefits paid in the county during 1952 amounted to $218,484. His letter was read at the B&PW Club meeting Tuesday night in More head City. The club for the past two years has been writing letters to survivors of wage-earners asking them to contact the social security representative to collect their benefits. As a death in the county occurs, a letter goes to the family requesting that they check to see whether they are entitled to funds the deceased earned and were set aside for him by the gov ernment. Mr. Avera said he could not specifically state how much money has been brought into the county through this club project but he says. " . . you can feel with confi dence that there are many people who bring these letters to our at tention that have told me they would never have known to check with us had they not received a letter from you." As of Feb. 28. 1951 there were 385 people in the county receiving benefits. The payments amounted to $10,189 monthly or $122,218 an nually. By 1952 the number had increased to 594 persons and a "payroll" of $18,207 monthly. Statistics for 1953 were not avail able at the time Mr. Avera's let ter was written. He adds, however, "... you can be assured that our benefits paid in 1953 greatly increased because in the 11 coun ties that we service the number of claims received and cleared in creased by 28 per cent." The project was undertaken by the BAPW Club at the request of the Beaufort Chamber of Com merce. Mr. Avera says there are living wage earners, thoae over 85 yean of age, who are entitled to bene fits but who do not collect them. The BfcPW Club decided to Uke action toward obtaining the name* of those persons so that they could be informed too that they are en titled to collect money from the government. FRESH, POTENT DRUGS OiVE YOU MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS To W fully (fftclrrt, tha ingredients of your proacription must bo at full potency, which nm they nnut ho freeh. Becauae wo do ?uch ? large hoaiaeM, wo can maintain froah atoeha oi all drug*, fill all prescription* with oloaseota that are at the peak of potency. MOREHEAD CITY DRUG CO. A GOOD DRUG STORE PHONE 6-4360 ARENDCU. IT. MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. u? .TJisneaaf , u * / . ?. v ? ' ' .mmmm > Mrs. C. L. Beam. Beaufort, was re-elected president of the Carteret Business and Professional Women's Club at the meeting Tuesday night at the Jefferson Coffee Shop, More head City. Other officers are Mrs. J. S. Mc Lohon, first vice-president; Mrs. H. F. Lindsay, second vice-president; Miss Georgie Hughes, corresponding secretary; Miss Ruth Peeling, recording secretary; and Miss Ali da Willis, treasurer. They will take office in May. The nominations were read by Mrs. Walter Lasker, corresponding secretary. On the nominating com mittee were Mrs. D. F. Merrill, Mrs. John Johnson and Mrs. John Al ford. Films Shown Prior to the business meeting the Rev. Priestley Conyers III, pastor of Webb Memorial Presby terian Church, Morehead City, showed movies on Paris, Switzer land and the cathedrals at Char tres and Reims. The pictures were taken when Mr. Conyers and his family spent a year abroad Mr. Conyers was introduced by Mrs. Marshall Ays cue, program chairman. During the business meeting the club voted to celebrate their birth day with a dinner at the Blue Rib bon Club Tuesday night, April 27. At that time the Woman-of-the Year award will be presented. Speaker for the evening will be Mrs. Lucy Rhodes Duncan, state B&PW president. District Meeting During the meeting the members made programs for the district B&PW Club meeting to be held at 3:30 Sunday afternoon in the American Legion Hut, Beaufort. Mrs. Beam presided. The sec retary's report was read by Mrs. Roy Clark and the treasurer's re port was given by Mrs. Gannon Talbert. A guest at the meeting was Mrs. J. G. Bennett, Morehead City. A turkey dinner was served prior to the program and business meet ing. College Queen Thin U Toby Gerard, Universi ty of Miami Journalism student, who has been named National College Queen. Toby Is 21 years old, a senior, and easy to look at. She lives at Miami Beach, Fla. Buys Boat Price Johnson, Beauiort, has pur chased the boat offered for sale by the United SUtes Fish and Wild life laboratory, Piver's Island. The boat had been used by scientists at the station for 40 years. O. B. Talbot, in charge of the lab, said approximately 13 bids for it were received. Red Cross Chairmen Should File Reports by Tuesday Red Cross Drive community chiirmen have been asked to send in their reports by Tuesday, Mrs. J. D. Rumley, campaign fund chair man. said yesterday. The chairmen are to send their reports to one of the following: Irving Davis, Davis; Owar Joslyn or Charles Willis. Morehead City; Mi's. D. F. Merrill or Mrs. J. D. Rumley. Beaufort. Mrs. Merrill announced this week that Mrs. Monroe Simpson ha;, been appointed captain for the Lennonville section. The report blanks have already HOME LOANS FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION of New Bern. N. C. Sponsor of Home Ownership 417 BBOAD ST. PHOHB 1131 8 Mines Account* In?fil been mailed out, Mrs. Rumley Mid. Any person, who has not yet been approached for a contribution and who wishes to contribute may send their check or money order to any of the community chairmen or to any of the above. Bar Association Elects Officers Wednesday The County Bar Association mat Wednesday morning in the court room of the courthouse, Beaufort, and elected officers for the comiaf year They are Harvey Hamilton Jr., Morehead City, president; Claud Wheatly, Beaufort, vieepre sklent; and John James Jr., Morehead City, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Ha nil ton succeeds Wiley Taylor Jr., Beaufort I Auxiliary to Mac* Flower* in Church** U heaer tt not; doctors the Carteret County Medical Auxili ary will place red carnattoas ta churcbea Sunday. The red car aatioa la the aMdaJ flower far Doctor's Day which is observed March M each year. Dectar*? Day. a tribute to menben of the medical profes siaa, both liviag and dead, orig inated In Georgia la IMS. k waa approved by the Woman'a A in ill ary to the Americaa Medical Aa sociation la 1W4 aad la ohaerved now by almost every stale medi cal auxiliary In the United State*. The county Medical Auxiliary meets the aecood Monday nl