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HfWVTlMW RFFiCf 504 AmMI St. Miwlin< City PhofM 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ^ 43rd YEAR, NO. 78. THREE SECTIONS? TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Beaufort Chamber Directors Set $3,000 as Budget for 1954-55 Chamber Bulletin Warns Against Fire, Mosquitoes Sm Level Group Consid ers Organization of Fire Department In its bulletin this week the Sea Level Chamber of Commerce term ed fire and mosquitoes its two worst enemies. The chamber is considering the possibility of promoting a volun teer fire department for eastern Carteret County. (This brings to two the number of rural fire plans under consideration. Newport fire men are working on a county-wide rural fire protection program). The bulletin says, "In the past few months we have witnessed two of the most destructive and costly fires.* We have seen the valiant members of the Beaufort Fire De partment battle hopelessly against fires which were out of control before their arrival." The bulletin urges Sea Level Chamber members to consider or ganizing a volunteer fire depart ment, choosing the most logical lo cation, getting estimates on neces sary equipment, determining per sonnel requirements and estimat ing overall cost. As for public enemy No. 2, the mosquito, the chamber bulletin says the fight against the pest can't let up. "The fall rains have already begun and if we lay down on the job, mosquitoes will be hatching by the millions," says T. B. Smith, chamber president. Chamber managers have been asked to drain all low spots on their property, empty pails or cans of water standing around, sprinkle oil on ponds that can't be drained, open drainage gutters and ditches, keep grass and weeds cut, and see that all window and door screens are tight. Insurance Claims I Meeting Opens The Carolina Regional Claims Personnel meeting of the Farm Bureau Insurance Co. opened this morning at 9 o'clock at the Sani tary Restaurant in Morehead City. Claims problems are to be dis cussed along with results of the operation of the claims department this year. Claud R. Wheatly, Beaufort at toney. will address the group and Clyde Stancil will serve as modera tor in a panel discussion. Mr. Stan cil is regional claims attorney for Farm Bureau Insurance Compan ies. An estimated 100 employees and their families registered for the meeting today, coming from 45 towns in North Carolina and South Carolina. Alvah Taylor to Take Office Monday Morning Alv?h B. Taylor, 8ca Level. Will be mn In u a county c om mlssioaer st the September meet n? 1 the board Monday m. I?*. Mr. Taylor who won the Demo cratic nomination for county commissioner la the May primary will replace Commissioner TU den Davia of Markers Island who has resigned. Mr. Taylor and other mem bers of the board, Or. K. P. B. Bonner. Moses C. Howard. Walter M. Veomans and Edward H. Potter will run for election in November. Judge McNeill Hears Seven Cases Monday Judge George McNeill heard sev en cases in a half-hour session of Morehead City Recorder's Court Monday. Nine other cases were continued. Pleading guilty to a charge of no operator's license, Wallace Rackley was fined *25 and costs. The court will remit the fine if a driver's license is shown to the clerk of court in two weeks. Robert Eugene Wallbrown pled guilty to running through two stop signs. Judge McNeill ordered Wallbrown to pay $10 and costs Peter John Evers and John As ter Winstead were told to pay court costs. Evers pled guilty to running a stop sign, and Winstead was convicted of speeding. Two others paid one-half court costs. Michael R. Cannett pled guilty to disturbing the peace, and Daniel Senn LaFarr Jr. was found guilty of running a stop sign. Case Dismissed The court dismissed the charge of failing to comply with a court order which had been filed against B. F Page. After hearing testi mony, the court ruled there was no deliberate or intentional violation of the order. Two bench warrants were issued for Benny Bell, Negro, charged with two counts of no operator's li cense. and giving a fictitious name. Bell had been placed under $100 bond. When he did not appear in court his bond was forfeited and bench warrants issued. Cases Continued Cases continued were William T. Gray, drunk driving and damage to city property; Johnny Logue. drunk driving and resisting arrest; Wil liam Hedrick Guthrie, failing to comply with court orders. N. M. Batchelor, public drunken ness; John Raymond Baker, drunk driving and no operator's license; John R. Stauffer, allowing an un licensed person to drive and Rich ard C. Hirchbock, no operator's li cense. 20th Harkley Baby, a Boy, Arrives Saturday Morning | Mrs. Ammie Hark ley of Newport < gave birth to ber 20th child, * boy, at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the More head City Hospital. The baby was named Samuel Floyd and weighed 7 pounds 1114 ounces at birth. Mrs. Harkley and the baby were discharged from the hospital Tues day. ? Mr. and Mrs. Harkley live on the Nine-Foot Road. One of their chil dren, Ammie Jr., who started firit , grade at W. S. King School, More head City, last week, was in the news two years ago when he was confined to the tuberculosis ssna torium at McCain. He is now well and his parents, who also spent time in the Eastern t Carolina Sanatorium, are reported by the County Health Department t to have arrested cases of TB. Because of Mr. Harkley a physi cs) condition, he has been unable to find work he can do, and the family's sole source of support is the allotment received from s son, Jacob, stationed with the Army in California. That allot mert is *137. 10 monthly. Two other sons are living In Chamber Official R?porti ? On Summer Tourist Trad* More tourist* came lo More hud City this year than laat, ac cording to Ted Davis, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce, but fewer asked for aaalitance in finding rooms and the tourists spent less money than they did laat year. He aaid the chamber rooms-tor rent agency gave 360 references, about a third as many aa given laat summer. New Jersey and Mrs. Harkley says that every two or three months ahe sometimes feta >5 from one of them. Six of the Harkley children go to the W. S. King School and one of the girla goea to Queen Street High School, Beaufort. In Auguat the Marie Taylor Cir cle of the Firat Baptist Church, Beaufort, gave a shower for Mrs. Harkley. They gave her a layette for the baby and clothes for aome of the other children. "I really appreciated it," Mrs. Harkley aaid. Of the 20 children all except one are living. A daughter, Suaan, died from tuberculosia. Pfc. William A. Piner. USMC, Pelletier, waa aboard the USN8 General A. E. Anderson which docked yeaterday at San Franciaco with 1,502 veterans of the Korean war aboard. Coast Guard Heroism Comes to Light The exploits of two modest Coast Guardsmen came to light yesterday whea it was learned that George Wildenradt Jr.. 20. Miami. Fla . stationed at Cape Lookout Lifeboat Station saved the lives of a woman In her late twenties and a 5-year old boy 15 days ago. Mr. Wildenradt wv on liberty on Saturday afternoon, riding around with a fellow Coast Guards man, Marvin Johnaon, 18. of Kan sas City, Mo., when he spotted an overturned skiff near the Atlantic Beach Morehead City bridge. ? The board of directors of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce set a tentative general operating bud get of $3,000 at a meeting of the board Tuesday night at the Beau fort Town Hall. The board also launched a mem bership drive which board member Gerald Hill termed "a door-knock ing campaign." Mr. Hill, of the finance commit tee. suggested that each member of the board be given names of prospects to contact. He said that is the only way the chamber can raise the funds to meet the budget figure. Mr. Hill also said the chamber needs a secretary "if the Chamber of Commerce is still going to breathe." Ronald Earl Mason offered the chamber office space in his office on Front Street, Beaufo-t, if the chamber would hire a secretary and let her serve aa clerk for him when she wasn't busy with Chamber of Commerce work. Offer Accepted The board accepted Mr Mason's offer and President Norwood Young appointed a three-man com mittee to advertise for, interview and hire a secretary. Mr. Mason was made chairman of the commit tee. Members are Holden Ballou and Clarence Guthrie. The board discussed the budget and included items and included items totaling $2,810. The secre tary's salary was only tentatively set. Other items were $300 for telephone, $300 for postage, $100 for supplies, $200 for a contingency fund. $110 for the Graham W. Duncan scholarship fund. The budget was finally set at $3, 000 with the contingency fund rais ed to $390. Mr. Mason, who is chairman of the banker pony rodeo to be spon sored by the chamber, said plans for the show are "rapidly shaping up." The event will feature bare back riding, races, a horse show and other attractions. Tentative date is Sunday, Oct. 10. Mr Mason raised a question con cerning the financing of commit tee projects. Motion Presented Holden Ballcu made a motion that none of the chamber general fund be set aside for projects. He claimed the projects should pay their ow^ way and the chambor should not have to finance them. There was no second to his motion. It was agreed, however, that the committees would be heL. respon sible for setting up their own bud gets. President Young told the board that he was having 100 additional pledge cards printed and said it was up to the board of directors to make the drive a success. Court Awards Plaintiff $833 Harry Green was ordered in Su perior Court thi? week to pay C. K. Howe (833.25 (or surveying services which were rendered by Mr. Howe, and Mr. Green appealed the de cision to the Supreme Court. ? Mr. Howe said that he was con tracted to aid in the surveying of Mr Green's farm and the contract called for a payment of $1,500 for the service. Mr. Howe stated he had not been paid for his work. After hearing the decision. Mr. Green's attorney. George Ball, moved for a new trial but the mo tion was over-ruled. Mr. Ball then appealed to Supreme Court and the appeal bond was set at $200. In the case of Mary Dell Glancy vs. Leslie C. Glancy. Mr. Glancy waa ordered to pay ?70 every two weeks to the support of his four children. Mrs. Glancy was given custody of the children and it was further ordered that Mr. Glancy not molest Mrs. Glancy in any way and that he pay C. B. Wheatly. Mrs. Clan cy's attorney, <100 not later than Oct. 1. He was also ordered to pay coata of court. A compromise was reached in the caae of Guy Bell vs. Marion Best and coats were assessed againat Mr. Best Edna Davis waa ordered to pay T. T. Potter *00 for damages in the caae of T. T. Potter vs. Elbert Lee Davis and Edna Davia. The Jury decided that Elbert Lee Davia did not contribute to the damage. n 1 1 Mil W?B VUllfUlf W "'V ????? and ? woman and boy were fran tically fighting the water to ?Uy afloat. Mr. Wildenradt and Mr. Johnaon atopped their ear in the middle at the bridge and dived into the water, fully clothed. They palled the woman to the boat and, aa the boy went under, Mr. Wildenradt surface dived to grab hold of him. Aa aooa as they towed the trio to shore, artificial respiration was given the boy who had taken in Mayor on the Job Mayor George W. Dill has been up to his ears in official duties the past couple weeks. Here he cuts the ribbon which officially opened the Morehead City Commercial Na tional Bank, Arendell Street. Looking on, left to right, are John Lewis, son of the cashier of the Morehead City bank; J. G. Ben nett Jr., bank employee; F. O. Fitz gerald, vice-president and cashier Photo l>y Jerry Schumacher of the Commercial National Bank of Kinston; Mayor Dill; Miss Mary Lee Bissell, trust officer and assist ant cashier of the Kinston bank, and Jack Lewis, cashier of the Morehead City Commercial Bank. Present at the ceremony also were Rufus Butner, manager of the installment loan department of the Kinston bank and H. C. Wooten, Kinston. vice-president. Officers Hold 17-Year-0ld Boy On Theft Charge Henderson Davis Jr., 17-year-old Negro youth of the Laurel Road section, is being held in the coun ty jail on a chargc of theft. Sheriff Hugh Salter said that Maggie Murrill, a resident on the Laurel Road, claims that Davis en tered her home Thursday after noon and took $73 from a pocket book. She says that her children were home and Davis came to the house and told them they were wanted down the road at their aunt's house. She told the sheriff that after the children left, he took the money. j * As the sheriff was returning to the Murrill home to investigate. Davis was seen outside the house. Sheriff Salter said that when Davis saw them he told them he had "put the money back." One of the Murrill daughters was in the house at the time and told the sheriff that Davis came in and laid some money on a table. Sher iff Salter said that the amount Da vis allegedly returned was $59.65 Kenneth Jolls Confined To Hospital with Polio Kenneth Jolls, 22. of Webb Court, Morehead City, is confined to Rex Hospital, Raleigh, with polio. It was reported Monday that Mr. Jolls was believed to be ill with polio but the report had not been confirmed. Mr. Jolls, who is mar ried, is well-known in this area as a musician. He was working at Jacksonville when he became ill about two weeks ago. He was not expected to live the beginning of the week bi^t was' re ported to be slightly improved Wednesday. This is the county's fiifct polio case this year. Port Calendar l.vnrh Co. Barge ? Sailed {rom Aviation Fuel Terminal Wednes day [or Cherry Point via Inland Waterway with load of jet fuel. I'RS Cambria Navy transport docked and sailed from More head City Port Wednesday. USS Oglethorpe Navy trans port docked at Morehead City Port Wednesday and sailed yes terday. Patella ? Scheduled to dock at Trumbull Asphalt Co. Sept. 18 from Curacao. Nctherland West Indies, with load of asphalt. Will return to Curacao after unload ing cargo. UBS Latiawr? Navy transport docked and sailed from) Morehead City Port Wednesday. a no ui a pint 01 water. The two Coast Guardsmen ?lipped away and drove off In their car a* the crowd began to gather. They did not learn the identity of the people they had rescued. Mr. Wildenradt, who used to work as a life guard in Miami, said the people called later to thank them but he was unable to talk to them at the time. Late Bulletin: Wilmington will play the Black Kaigfcta at I to Bight at Beaufort. I Coast Guardsman Sets | Sunday as Egg H-Day Everette Willis, Davis, chief boat swain's mate at Fort Macon Coast Guard Station, expects his 107 sea turtles to hatch Sunday. Mr. Willis found a nest of turtle eggs July 18 about 50 to 75 yards above the high water mark near Atlantic Lifeboat Station where he was stationed at the time. He dug the eggs up and moved them closer to the station. After being transferred to Fort Macon Coast Guard Station, Mr. Willis informed some of his friends at Atlantic Lifeboat Station to watch the eggs for him. He said, according to his calcu lations, the eggs arc due to hatch Sept. 12, which is Sunday. 100 Attend Spud Growers Meeting One hundred eastern Carolina potato growers and county agents 'met in the agricultural building at Washington, N. C., Wednesday morning to discuss promotion of the Carolina Irish potato. The group agreed to proceed with plans for a referendum in uhich potato farmers would vote either for or against an assessment to finance the program. Attending from Carteret were J. T. Oglesby, D. S. Oglesby, R. P. Og lesby, and Robert Laughton, all of Crab Point; Kearny Merrill Jr., I f u jj h Carraway, both of flighuuy 101. William Gillikin, Bettie; Ray mond Ball, Harlowe, and R. M. Williams, county agent. Mr. Ball was appointed to repre sent Carteret growers on a commit tee which met in Raleigh yesterday with a state agricultural commit tee. The discussed plans for the referendum. It is proposed that growers assess themselves one cent a bag or 10 cents an acre to finance potato ad vertising. Officials at the Washington meet ing included George Absher of the marketing division, Farm Manage ment Department. Raleigh; Paul Shackleford and Bill Little, field representatives of the Farm Bu reau; C. S. Mintz, district farm agent; and Mr. Martin from the Department of Agriculture, Wash ington, D. C. Officers Apprehend Floyd Holt on Gun Count Floyd Holt, USN, has been re leased under $100 bond following his arrest on the charge of carry inn a concealed weapon. Holt, who gave hia age as 29 and ia stationed at Cherry Point, was arrested at the Pizza Queen, west of Morrhead City, Monday after noon. Sheriff Hugh Salter said Holt was carrying a gun illegally. He was taken into custody by tht sheriff, Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ayscue and State Highway Patrol man W E. Pickard. His case has been docketed for Tuesday in County Recorder's Court. Tide Table Tides *1 Beaufort Bar HlftH LOW Friday, Sept. It 5:45 a m. 11:47 a m. 6:10 p.m. 11:58 p.m. Saturday. Sept 11 6:34 a.m. 12:32 a.m. 6:58 p m. 12:48 p.m. Sunday, Sept. It 7:20 a.m. 1:14 a.m. 7:42 p.m. 1:38 p.m. Maaday, Sept. II 8:06 a.m. 1:57 a.m. 8:30 p.m. 2:27 p.m. Taesday, Sept. 14 8:53 a.m. 2:40 a.m. 9:14 p.m. 3:10 p.m. Fire Association Picnic Starts Membership Drive Coast Guard Moves Burned Norwegian Seaman from Ship Karl Grytten, 26-year-old Nor-H wegian, wrapped in gauze from his waist up and speaking through cracked, burned lips, yesterday ex pressed thanks to the Coast Guard for saving his life. He's confined to Morehead City Hospital. Mr. Grytten was lighting an ex haust boiler aboard the SS Nor mundo, Norwegian steamer, at 3 a.m. last Thursday, Sept. 2, when the boiler blew up. The Fort Macon Coast Guard Station was notified at 10:09 a.m. Thursday. It was decided that it would take seven hours to take Mr. Grytten off the ship by boat so a helicopter was dispatched from Elizabeth City along with two escort planes. The helicopter arrived at the ship which was about 25 miles off Cape Lookout Shoals at 3 p.m. Mr. Grytten was lowered from the steamer in a life boat and the helicopter lowered a basket to pick him up from the lifeboat. The Coast Guard cutter Conifer, from Fort Macon, stood by. The helicopter arrived back at Fort Macon at 3:23 p.m. with Mr. Grytten. He was placed in Dill's ambulance and taken to the More head City Hospital. Yesterday Mr. Grytten's condi tion was much improved but he is expected to be in the Morehead City Hospital for about 14 days. Mr. Grytten, a native of Stavan ger, Norway, has been sailing for four years. Prior to that he was in His Majesty's Guard in Norway for one year. While in the hospital Mr. Grytten has been visited sev eral times by Mrs. O. G. Sterlen, Morehead City, who is a native of Norway. The SS Normundo was going from Baltimore to Cuba with a load of automobiles and iron pipes. Collision Causes $700 Damage Damage totaling $700 resulted from a two-vehicle eollision at 3:45 p.m. Labor Day on the Atlantic Bcauch causeway. A 1053 Oldsmobile towing a two wheel trailer loaded with furniture was rammed in the rear by a pick up truck, according to State High way Patrolman J. W. Sykes. The car was driven by Nathan S. Ed wards. Kinston, and the pickup by Harold Franklin Raymond, 2209 Arendell St.. Morehead City. Patrolman Sykes said that Ed wards had stopped behind a line of cars and Raymond failed to stop. The trailer was shoved into the trunk of the Olds. Raymond has been charged with driving drunk and having insuffi cient brakes. Damage to the Edwards automo bile was estimated at $400 and dam age to the pickup at $300. Hospital Association To Meet at 8 Tomorrow The Carteret Community Hos pital Association will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Harke^s Island School Building. Members will discuss projects that will further the interests of the Sea Level Community Hospital and its patients, according to F. C. Noyes. secretary. Newport Home Owners Want Streets Paved Residents of Housing Project Tell Board They Want Phones fr? d^le*,|'on of h?nie owners irom the veterans' housing nroiert and Mann's subdivision, Newport appeared before the Newport town thaMh ?ay "'ght and re1"?'ed that their streets be paved Harry Gerock, New Bern Street suggested that the town borrow money to do the paving and then repay ,t with Powell Bill fund" George Ball, town attorney, was re men' ro?mWrite 'he ,0Cal Govern' whether T,IOn ,0 asc*rt?in w?uld h, h arranKement would be permissable. Mr Ball consented to write but pointed out to the delegation and the board that there are complica tions in borrowing as small an amount of money as $1^,000, which Mr. Gerock suggested, h ''2*aS ?,imat/d 'hat the town has 2* m,|es of unpaved streets. Commissioner Early Mann said that rhv?T'!'Sl Street 10 maln,a'n is a thaTl ? , *nd Mr Ba" a"eod that street paving would be a most progressive move The problem would be to find money to do It. M. Allen Edwards suggested uWays in which the money rate "to Si raisinf! ,he tax rate to SI .25 per hundred, assessing the property owners and borrow hL. 5fJ 8 combini"'on of all three would probably provide the necessary funds. ho^CnK of the town "Si Shook .""Sir heads i? mi? , ^ "* ntc Lieuten ant Edwards said he was amazed when he learned that he had to pay only a SI per hundred dollars valuation and that he thought a 25 to make improvements was little enough. When told that a Z5-cent rise would not cover pav ing costs, he added that some times it's wise to go into debt. Answer Promised Mayor Edgar Hibbs promised the petitioners that the board would consider their proposals and all suggestions for finding the necess ary money and give them an an swer at the October meeting niM ' u K here!" the men re Plied. Members of the delegation besides Mr. Gerock and Lieutenant Edward.s were Joe Cox, J, G. Thorn 's E. C. Maness, Les Bercegeay, R G Parish and B. T Smith Jr. Regarding a hole in the road in the veterans' subdivision, which is preventing potential home builders from proceeding with construction Mayor Hibbs said that he would contact C. Y. Griffin, highway offi cial in New Bern, relative to get See BOARD, Page 2 I ? Two hundred fifty persons were guests of the Beaufort Rural Fire Association at its picnic Wednes day night in Beaufort. The picnic launched the 1954 55 membership drive for the association. Memberships are $5 annually. This entitles the member to service by the Beaufort Fire Department in cooperation with the Beaufort Kural Fire Association. Master of ceremonies at the pic nic was Grayden Paul, past secre tary of the fire association. Mr Paul gave a brief history of the Beaufort Fire Department, from the days of the bucket brigade ?r?e and cart, through the year 1824 when the department got its first mechanized piece of equip ment, to the present day. He also reviewed the founding of the Rural Fire Association which not its start last fall. Cooperation Important Mr Paul emphasized the fact that without the town fire depart ment, the Rural Association would be virtually helpless. Other speakers on the program were the Rev John Privott, pastor of the Atlantic Baptist Church: John Avery of Highway 101; Leslie Springlc, chairman of the Rural Fire Association; Charles Harrell chief of the Beaufort Fire Depart ment; and Mayor Clifford Lewis. Mr. Privott expressed the grat itude of his congregation to Beau fort and the Rural Fire Association for helping them last Friday when their church burned. He said that Atlantic, with its 850 people, as well as all the surrounding com munities, are grateful to the fire men of the Beaufort department for their willingness to answer calls in the rural area. Thanks Firemen Mr. Avery, whose home was re cently seriously damaged by fire, said "no fire department in the world could have done as well as the Beaufort Fire Department has." His home was damaged twice by fire within the past year. Mr. Springle said the Rural Fire Association a year ago was but a dream and added that just $5 would make each rural homeowner a member. Chief Harrell said the rural fire truck is a tremendous help in putting out rural fires and prom ised that as long as he's chief of the Beaufort Fire Department, the department would cooperate with the rural association. Mayor Lewis commended both groups for the splendid work they are doing. Membership in the association during the past year was 270. Fire Commissioner Harris said letters are ?oing out today to all rural box holders inviting them to be come members. In gratitude to the town fire department and the Rural Fire Association the Atlantic Baptist Church gave each a check for $50 Wednesday. The picnic supper was served !? s?tyle on '?ng tables set up on the Baptist Parking lot on Tur ner Street. The invocation was giv en by the Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of Ann Street Methodist Church. 14 Out of 21 Male Smokers Prefer Non-Filter Cigarettes 4 Official Reports Catch Increase Ralrigh ? The overall value of commercial fish caught In North Carolina water* during the 1952-94 biennlum was almost >3,000,000 greater than during the previous two ? year period, Director Ben E. Douglas of the Department ol Con servation and Development said today. Douglas released ? report from C. G Holland of Morehead City, as sistant State fisheries commission, showing the overall value of the commercial fishing Industry in North Carolina durlug the past bl ennium was $19,577,478 as com pared with 116,367.832 during the 1950-52 biennlum. Value of catches to fishermen during the past biennium were list ed by Holland as follows: oysters, $838,903: shrimp, $4,037,101; clams. $281,484; soft cribs. $82,000; hard crabt, $257,378; escallop*. $36, 863; all food fish. $5,150,106; men haden, $2,438,574. The value of fish by-products was put at $6,510, 060, making a total overall value of $18,577,478. By SHELLY 8M0YER i Fourteen out of 21 mile smok era queried in Morehead City Wed neaday morning were smoking cig arettes without the much-publicized filters. In other worda, two-thirds of them are aticking to the non-fil ter type. Some of the regular cigarette amokera had at one time or another smoked filter cigarettes, but for varioua reasons went back to their old type. Only one of the filter smokers, a barber, had been smoking filtered cigarettes for any length of time. He said he has been smoking fil ters for three months, switching from a well-known brand of reg ular smokes. He explained, "I switched to keep from coughing so much and to get rid of the bad taate in my mouth in the morning." He said the lung cancer "acare" had noth ing to do with hia change. 'All the Same* Another filter smoker said, "I smoke them off and on just for I change. All cigarettes are the same. The filters don't do what they say anyhow. It's Juat a trick of the trade." He then blew smoke through a napkin and smugly dis played the nicotine aUin. A hardware man, opening a pack See CIGAUCTTES, Page > Vance Smith Supervises Park Vance Smith, a nntive of Wal nut Grove, N. C , has been named superintendent of Fort Macon State Park. He replaces Dan Jones who aerved as superintendent of the park this summer. Mr Smith served four years In the Navy before entering Elon Col lege in 1M4. He worked with Western Electric Co., Winston-Sa lem, and also Sherman ? Williams Paint Co. before going to Crab Tree State Park, Raleigh, as super intendent. He was at Crab Tree State Park for three years prior to coming to Fort Macon. Mrs. Smith is the former Helen McBane of Alamance County. They have two boys, 4 "4 years old and 8 months old. Attendance at the park for the week Aug. 30-Sept. 5 was 9.000. The Labor Day weekend atten dance waa 3,000. The bath botna and concessions are now cloaed but the nicnlc area and th? fart remain opan the year 'round.
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