Phone Company Hopes to Issue
More Stock ; Declares Dividend
May 13? Mr. and Mrs N. H. He
Cain of Kinaton spent Sunday with
their parent!, Mrs. Cora McCain
and Mr. and Mr*. Willie Jones.
Mr. and Mra. Archie Miller and
daughter of Raleigh spent the
weekend with their parents, Mr.
and Mra. Dan Miller and Mr. and
Mra. V. M. Rhue
Mra. Raymond Deslaurier* and
son, Ray, left Saturday to returtl
to their home in Chipowe, Mass.,
after spending two weeks with her
parents, Mr. and Mra. Don Lilly.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jones left
Friday night for Jacksonville, Flor
ida, due to the illness of her moth
er.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Harneaa and
daughtera of Raleigh visited her
parents, Mr. and Mra. D. I. Gar
ner, over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carroll and
daughtera, Billy Sue and Jean, and
Leon Youngblood, visited their
mother, Mrs. Youngblood, in
Smithfield during the weekend.
Mrs. Lee Thomas and Mra. Jes
se Watson and daughter of Greena
boro and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gar
ner and children of Raleigh spent
Mother's Day with their mother,
Mrs. Leona Garner.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Howard and
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Howard and son,
Bobby, of Raleigh and Mr. and Mrs.
E. P. Blair and aon, Billy, of Vance
boro, spent the weekend with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L N. How
ard.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Garner and
children of New Bern spent Sun
day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jeff Garner.
Club Haa Two Guests
Mrs. Nelson Brown and Mrs.
John Smith were special guests
when Mrs. Eugene Fox entertained
her bridge club Friday evening.
Mrs. Moees Howard won high
score, Mrs. Parker Guthrie second
high, Mrs. Solon Perkins, trav
eling and Mrs. Smith, bingo. The
hostess served candy, nuts and
drinks during play and brownies
and marble fudge ice cream at
the end of the evening.
Millia Circle Meeta
The Mary C. Millia Circle of the
WSCS met last Tuesday night at
the home of Mrs. C. T. Garner with
Mra. Charles Dudley as co-hoataa*.
Mis* Elsie Elliott gave the de
votional. Mrs. Clarence Millia,
> The Board of Directors of the*
Carotin* Telephone and Telegraph
Co. In their regular quarterly met
ing In the pfflces of the company
at Tarboro May 14 authoriaed the
lain* of 08,840 full paid and non
assessable share* of the common
capital stock of the company.
In recommending the action to
the board. L W. Hill, president of
the company, stipulated that short
term loan* now owed to banks
by the company total (7,379,000
and that by the end of November
1994 such loans would probably
reach the maximum of ten million
dollars.
Mr. Hill further stated to the
board that there was a continuing
demand for additional telephone
service in the area served by the
company and apparently this de
mand would continue with the fur
ther development of eastern North
Carolina.
The board authoriaed the offi
cers to petition the North Carolina
Utilities Commission for approv
al of the issuance of the 66,840
shares to the stockholders of the
company and their assigns in the
exercise of subscription rights.
The board also authorized the
president to dispose of the unsub
scribed portion of the issue for
the account of the company at
terms to the best interest of the
company.
Other action of the board includ
ed the declaring of a $2 quarter
ly dividend payable on July 1, 19S4
to stockholders of record as of
the close of business June 23, 1954.
chairman, presided over the busi
ness session. Officers were elected
for the year beginning in June.
They are as follows: Miss Mar
garet Bell, chairman; Mrs. B. R.
Garner, assistant chairman; Mrs.
Reginald Garner, secretary; Miss
Eliott, treasurer. Miss Rachel Cope
land and Mrs. J. H. Thrower were
elected to serve on the sick and
cheer committee.
Mrs. Charles Hill gave the clos
ing spiritual life program, after
which the hostesses served straw
berry shortcake.
Circle Meets
The Gertie Howard Circle of
the Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service of the St. James Meth
odist Church met last Tuesdsy
night at the home of Mrs. Solon
Perkins.
Mrs. D. I. Garner gave the devo
tional. Mrs. Floyd Garner, chair
man, was in charge of the meeting.
Reports were given and routine
business waa transacted. The hos
tess served ice cream and cake
social hour.
Salvaging Nuts
Unscrambling the scrambled ri
vet*, bolts, nuts and screws from
the sweepings of airplane plants
has become a full-time job for
Nelson R. Wright of Oklahoma
City.
Here he is shown running the
machine that sorts them by diame
ters. He operates one of three
known plants that take sweepings
from plane builders and sorts out
material dropped by the workers.
Rotarians Hear Talk
By Capt. Bob Vance
Beaufort Rotarians heard a talk
by Capt. Bob Vance, Camp Le
jeune, member of the Camp Le
jeune Toastmasters Club, at their
meeting Tuesday night at the Inlet
Inn.
Captain Vance told Rotarians
what they could do to help pro
mote the Carteret County Toast
masters Club. v
Guests were Stanley Davis, Ger
ald Mitchell, Jerry Schumacher,
George McNeill, W. C. Carlton, and
Truman Kemp, all of Morehead
City.
Of Gnat Britain's 23 million em
ployed people, about SVa million
belong to unions.
Pastor Speaks
To Emeritus Club
The Rev. John H. Bunn. pastor
of the First Baptist Church, More
head City, (poke to memben of
the Emeritus Civic Club and their
wives last Monday at a dinner
meeting at the Sanitary Restaurant,
liorehead City.
Dr. Bunn spoke on life, empha
sizing the factors that make for a
full life and aaid that age should
add to life's pleasures.
Reports were made by N. L.
Walker and W. S. Kidd, president.
Mr. Walker stated that the exten
sion of highway 101 from Havelock
into PoUocMville, a project being
pushed by the club, is still under
consideration.
A survey is being made with a
view toward making it a military
highway, he reported.
Mr. Kidd suggested that a busi
ness meeting be called to form
plans for special activities to keep
interest alive during the summer
months.
53 Attend
Clinic Saturday
Fifty-three patients attended the
orthopedic clinic May 15 in the
Morehead City Hospital annex.
Of this number 24 were adults
and 29 were children. There were
27 old cases and 26 new. Forty
nine were white and four Negro.
Present at the clinic was Dr.
Robert Musgrave, National Foun
dation of Infantile Paralysis fellow.
Dr. Musgrave is one of 18 men be
ing trained at Dukt University, his
training being financed through
March of Dimes funds.
Also at the clinic were Mrs.
Peggy Weeks, physical therapist.
State Departmept of Health; Miss
Joanne Longacre, nutritionist, and
Miss Lillian Fentress of the crip
pled children's division of the
State Board of Health.
H. D. Hendrix, vocational reha
bilitation counselor, Greenville; Dr.
Lenox D. Baker, orthopedist;
and Mrs. Beatrice Lewis and Mrs.
G. T. Spivey of the Carteret County
Health Department.
Volunteer workers were Mrs.
Dorothy Patrick, Miss Elizabeth
Lambeth and Mrs. Frank Exum.
St. Augustine, Fla., claims to be
the oldest city in the United States.
The United States produced
about. 121 billion pounds of milk
in 1953.
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