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43rd YEAR, NO. 102. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1954 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Salter Path Man Held in Slaying
Nativity Scene
Will be Shown
Starting Tonight
Community Theatre Re
Enact* Bethlehem Event
At Recreation Center
Tonight will be the first showing
of the Nativity Scene being pre
sented nightly this week at the
Morehead City Recreation Center
by the Carteret Community The
atre.
The showings tonight through
Thursday night will be at 7;30 p.m.,
8, 8:30 and 9. On Christmas Eve,
Friday, they will be at 9, 9 30 10
and 10:30 p.m.
The scene is outdoors, west of
the recreation center. Characters
are being portrayed by members of
the theatre under the direction of
Miss Joyce Willis, Morehead City.
Mrs. Tressa Vickers, Morehead
City, is technical director
The scene will be shown as
scheduled except in a hard down
pour of rain.
Miss Willis has requested view
ers to park on the streets around
the recreation center and walk to
the front of the manger. Live ani
mals will be in an enclosure in
front of the manger.
The director expressed her ap
preciation to the town and Caro
lina Power and Light Co. for hav
ing the street lights at the west
side of the building extinguished
to allow for more effective stage
lighting.
Car Demolished
In Friday Wreck
A 1948 Chrysler was damaged
beyond repair after it ran off the
shoulder of Highway 70 two miles
west of Newport Firday at 12:10
a.m.
"5 John Randall B^Mherton, <Cbe?ry
Joint l(?rine. 21, was driving the,
? towfird Cherry Point when the
fcident occurred.
The car ran off the shoulder of
he road on the right hand side,
^proofed and broke off a pine tree
|nd turned over on its top.
Highway Patrolmen R. H. Brown
and W. L. Smith Jr., arrived at
the scene of the accident about two
tninutes after it happened. They
were making their regular patrol
run.
Brotherton and Fredrick Newton
Tylor, 20-year-old Marine, were
still in the car when they arrived.
Brotherston suffered face cuts,
a fractured knee cap and fractured
toe. Tylor had face cuts.
The patrolmen took the men to
the Cherry Point dispensary.
Patrolman Brown said yesterday
that he had not pressed any
charges.
Yule Season KeepsHome
Economics Students Busy
Mrs. Floy Garner, left in the upper photo, discusses a bulletin
board display with Hannah Nelson, a Junior in home economics at
Smyrna School. In the lower photo Rita Guthrie, Connie Jackson and
Jan Willis, ?tphoraorcs, make Christmas cookies.
The home econmics department
at Smyrna School has been the
source of delectable odors during
the past few weeks. The girls, un
der the direction of Mrs. Floy Gar
ner, home econimics instructor,
have been turning out Christmas
cookies, Yule logs, pies and other
delicacies in keeping with the sea
son.
To earn money for the Future
Homemakers treasury, the girls
bring food from home, prepare
it and then sell it to students.
The Smyrna homemaking depart
ment is located in the recently
built wing of the school. It is equip
ped with two electric ranges, a
gas range, electric refrigerator, and
eight sewing machines including
two reconditioned electric ma
chines.
The girls are proud, too of their
newly-installed Venetian blinds.
The homemaking course at Symrna
begins in the ninth grade and con
tinues through the 11th. At pres
ent 24 ninth grade girls, 25 tenth
grade and 16 eleventh grade girls
are enrolled.
Each one is assessed $1 at th<*
beginning of the year to help meet
home ec department expenses.
The courses ' cover homemaking,
foods, clothing, housing, child care,
financing and budgeting, and "the
family functioning as a community
unit." Classes are held for one
hour five days a week.
Mrs. Garner, whose home 1s in
Newport, is now in her second
year as home economics instructor
at Smyrna.
G. E. Sanderson Will Fill
Vacancy on Morehead Board
Patrolmen Start
Holiday Project
To reduce the Yuletide death
toil, highway patrolmen through
out the state have started "Opera
tion Chain Call."
Each highway patrolman will call
two persons and request that they
drive carefully over the holidays.
Each of those perions will be
asked, in turn, to call two more
and make the same request.
Carteret County patrolmen start
ed their chain call program yes
terday.
Between Dec. 19 and Dec. 26
last year 90 persons were killed
In automobile accidents in North
Carolina. To make the toll leaa
this year highway patrolmen are
asking the motoring public to drive
with extreme caution and with
courteous consideration of other
driven.
From Sunday through Jan. 3 all
patrolmen will work 12-hour days
with no days. off
They aay that the only guy who
will get away with speeding will be
the fellow driving a reindeer
powered sleigh Friday night.
Papers of incorporation for Port
City Motors, Inc., Morehead City,
have been issued by Secretary of
State Thad Eflre to Kenneth John
son, John Earl Lewis, and Sammy
O. Merrill, all of Beaufort. Incor
porator* say they will handle Ply
mouth and Chrysler car*.
? G. E. (Gibby) Sanderson, 1810
Evans St., Morehead City, was
elected by the Morehead City Town
Board Thursday night to (ill the
vacancy which will occur at mid
night Dec. 24 when the resigna
tion of Commissioner D. G. Bell
becomes effective.
Commissioner Bell was elected
Nov. 2 as the county's legislator
and under state law is ineligible
to hold two public offices.
Mr. Sanderson, native of More
head City, is in the building ma
terials business. He lived in More
head City until he was 8 years old.
His family moved to Newport
where he graduated from Newport
High School.
Works for Utntber Finns
After graduation he worked with
a lumber company in Morehead
City and later with Lumber and
Building Supplies Corp , Beaufort.
During the second world war he
was with Barbour Boat Works,
New Bern.
Port Calendar
DSNS Im Angeles ? Will dock
at Aviation Fuel Terminals Dec.
25 with load of avgas from Texas.
Frances R. Hart? Scheduled to
dock at Esso Port Terminal Dec.
23 from Aruba, Nethelands Wes't
Indies, carrying No. fl fuel oil.
MV Hoerhst ? Will dock at
Morehead City Dec. 29 to pick up
tobacco. Will sail for Hamburg,
Germany, after loading 710,000
pounds of leaf. *
GATCO? Barge docked at Ea
so Port Terminal Saturday from
Norfolk and sailed for Washing
ton, N. C., Sunday.
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He returned to Morehead City
and was part owner of the S&W
Drug store until 1947 when he en
tered his present business. Mr.
Sanderson was mayor of Newport
during 1986-38.
His wife is the former Eva
Spruill of Plymouth. They have a
8-year-old daughter, Sarah Faye.
Mr. Sanderson said yesterday he
will serve, to the best of his ability,
in his new position.
Mayor George W. Dill appointed
the new board member commis
sioner of public buildings and
grounds. Commissioner D. J. Hall,
who formerly held that position,
Jias been made fire department
commissioner, and Ted Garner,
former fire commissioner, has been
made police commissioner, the po
sition held by Mr. Bell.
New Mayor Pro-tem
Dr. John Morris, street commis
sioner, was elected mayor pro-tem,
succeeding Mr. Bell, and Commis
sioner S. C. Holloway remains as
finance commissioner.
The board formally approved the
sewage fee ordinance drafted In
accordance with the billing prac
tices of Carolina Water Co. The
ordinance, in full, appears in the
legal ad section of today's NEWS
TIMES.
Luther Ausbon, auditor with the
Firm of Williams and Wall. Ra
leigh. presented the audit for the
past fiscal year. He will return at
a later date to discuss it with the
board.
Holiday Marts Tomorrow
* Schools in the county will clow
at noon tomorrow. They will re
open at 8:10 un. Jan. 3.
Churches Prepare Special
Services for Christmas
Most of the Churches in More
head City and Beaufort have plan
ned special services and parties for
the Christmas season.
The First Baptist, First Metho
dist, First Presbyterian, and Frank
lin Memorial Methodist churches
in Morehead City and the Ann
Street Methodist church and Free
Will Baptists in Beaufort all had
special services last Sunday.
The First Baptist, Ann Street
Methodist and First Methodist
Church choirs presented programs
of Christmas music. The children ,
of the First Presbyterian church
staged a Christmas pageant and
had a Christmas tree party. The
MYF of the Franklin Memorial*!
Methodist church presented a
Christmas play.
The Beaufort Free Will Baptist
also had a Christmas play Sunday.
A Christmas pageant will be pre
sented by the MYF of the First
Methodist Church, Morehead City,
tomorrow and the Ann Street
Methodists, Beaufort, will have a
Christmas party for the children
at 7 tomorrow night.
The First Methodist church,
Morehead City, will sponsor Chr^t
mas caroling Thursday night.
Christmas eve, the Morehead
City First Baptist church will have
a party for the children 12 ytars
old and under at 7:30.
Also on Christmas eve, there will
be Holy Communion services in
St. Andrews Episcopal church,
Morehead City, and St. Paul's Epis
copal church, Beaufort, at 11:30.
Music at the churches will start
at 11 o'clock, preceding the Holy
Communion.
In St. Egbert's Catholic church,
Morehead City, the Midnight Mass
will be on Christmas eve and will
be followed by lhe*Christmas ser
mon which will be presented by
Father J. Paul Byron.
The Free Will Baptist, in More
head City and Beaufort will have
a Christmas tree party and pro
gram Christmas eve.
At 10 o'clock Christmas morn
ing, St. Paul's will hold Holy Com
munion and there will be services
in St. Egbert's at 10 o'clock and at
11 a.m.
The Sunday School classes of the
First Christian Church, Morehead
City, will present a program of
Christmas recitations at 7:30 to
morrow night in the church.
Billy Cannon will offer a Christ
rats prayer and Nancy Hoffman
will give the welcome. Others
taking part in the program are
Janice Morton, Ricky Johnson,
James Pittman, Grace Fodrie,
Sherryl Nichols, William Jones,
Gary Fodrie.
Natalie Hoffman, Joanne Nic
hols, Rebecca Hewitt, Frances Pitt
man, Ted Pittman and Sam Hilde
brand.
The nursery children will pre
sent "Christmas Angels" and carols
will be sung by the audience. After
the recitations Santa Claus will
make his appearance at the Christ
mas tree.
In charge of the program is the
following committee from^ the
Christian Women's Fellowship:
Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. Mary Brin
son, Mrs. Novella Slayman and
Mrs. Lottie Olson, the pianist.
A Christmas pageant will be pre
sented at the Atlantic Baptist
Church at 7 o'clock tomorrow
night.
Three Injured
In Multiple Car
Wreck Sunday
Three persons were injured in a
free-for-all automobile pile-up at
12:15 Sunday morning at the Core
Creek Bridge, Highway 101.
They were William C. Miller,
route 1 Newport, who had a cut
forehead, John Ballou, riding with
Miller, who had cuts on his fore
head and chin, and Mrs. Doris Rob
inson, Atlantic, who was in another
car, had a bip injury.
Five cars were damaged in the
wreck. Property damage totaled
$1,650, according to State Highway
Patrolman W. J. Smith Jr., who in
vestigated.
All cars were proceeding toward
Beaufort, most of them having left
the square dance at Harlowe.
Miller, driving a 1953 Ford, ran in
to the rear of another 1953 Ford
driven by Freddy Gaston Smith.
Atlantic. One of the injured, Mrs.
Robinson, was in the Smith car.
Patrolman Smith said that Mill
evidently hit the bridge before hit
ting Smith because one of the rails
was knocked out. He said Miiler,
who has been charged with ?oing
55 in a 20-mile zone, couldn't pass
Smith because a truck was ap
proaching from the other direction.
The car in front of Miller was
going at about 20 miles an hour,
the patrolman reported.
Several cars behind Miller were
able to stop, but another, a 1954
Ford driven by Leland Wiggins,
Fernandina Beach, Fla., ran into
the rear of a 1950 Pontiac driven
by Joyce Helen Mason, Bettie, and
a 1953 Ford driven by Leslie Spr in
gle Jr., route 1 Beaufort ran into
the rear of Wiggins' car.
That pile-up occurred on the
bridge. Injurfed'persons were taken
to Morehead City Hospital by mo
torists. Mrs. Robinson was still con
fined to the hospital yesterday.
Snowf lakes Fly
Fast Yesterday
Some uneducated snow (ell on
Carteret County yeaterday.
Although the thermometer didn't
get below 40 yeaterday morning,
snow came swirling down, appar
enuy noi Knowing
that it isn't sup- J.
posed to snow un- ??
loss the thermomel
ter registers ?t\V
least close to the \
freezing point.
Stamey Davis,
Beaufort weather
observer, attrib
uted the freak
<
snow to a cold layer of air hanging
over the county.
Because of the comparatively
warm weather, the snow quickly
melted.
Day Max. Mln. Wind
Thursday 53 40 NE
Friday 88 33 SE
Saturday 63 SO S?W
Sunday M 40 SW
Newport firemen have requeated
that persons with used or new toys
who want . to contribute them to
the fire department's Christmas
charity program should take them
to the store across from the tire
department. The toys will be dis
tributed Christmas Eva.
Committee Selects Two
Boys for Scholarships
James R. Wheatlcy Jr., Beaufort,'
and James B. Willis Jr., Morehead
City, have been selected by the
county scholarship committee aa
Carteret's applicants for the North
Carolina State College Talent for
Service Scholarships.
The applications of the two boys
will be sent to the district scholar
ship committee. The final selection
will be made by the state scholar
ship committee, announced H. L.
Josiyn, County Superentendent of
Schools.
Other applicants before tt?e
county board were William J.
Laughton, Morehead City, Edward
E. Carraway, Newport, and Craw
ford B. Pigott, Smyrna. Each high
school was permitted to nominate
one taAdidate. Morehead City, be
cause of its size, was permitted
two. Atlantic did not submit a
student for consideration.
The selection was based on
character, leadership qualities,
cholastic promise, interest in the
.raining which State College offers
and financial need.
The county was entitled to one
candidate for each 80 seniors or
major fraction thereof, giving Car
teret County the opportunity to,
name two candidates. The district
committee will select 12 candidates
to be recommended to the North f
Carolina State College Scholar- 1
ship Committee for final selection.
Members of the county commit
tee are Nathan H. Garner, New
port; W. B. Chalk, Morehead City;
R. Hugh Hill, Beaufort; Graham
L. Davis, Straits; A1 Newsome,
Beaufort and Mr. Josiyn.
Morehead City
Men Discuss Port
Seven Morehead City men at
tended a dinner meeting at Kinaton
Friday night to diacuaa North Caro
lina state porta with general asaem
hlymen and atate aenators of eaat
em North Carolina.
They were Mayor George W. Dill,
D. G. Bell, aaaemblyman from Car
teret County, J. D. Holt, port man
ager, Dr. B. F. Royal, Dr. John
Morria, Stanley Woodland and H.
S. Gibbs.
The meeting took place follow
ing a steak dinner at the Kinaton
Country Club. An informal discua
sion on the value of the porta to
eastern North Carolina waa mod
erated by Fitzhugh Wallace, Kin
aton. Import of and export of to
bacco producta and tobacco fer
tiliaera waa diacuaacd.
Col. Richard S. Marr. executive
director of the North Carolina
State Porta Authority, wai preaent.
The dinner was arranged by the
Kinaton Chamber of Commerce.
TMea at the Beaufort Bar
Tid? Table
HIGH
T
5 2(f a.m.
5:30 p.m.'
LOW
Tweiday, Dae. tl
11:81 p.m.
Wedneaday, Dae. K
6:09 a.m.
6:17 p.m.
11:36 a.m.
12:37 p.m.
Tfcanday. Dec. 23
6:46 a.m.
7:00 p.m.
12:21 a.m.
1:90 p.m.
FrMajr, Dee. U
7:40 pja.
7:27 a.m.
1:04 a.m.
1? pa
Congregation
Erects Creche
Spectators may view the manger
seenc at Core Creek Methodist
Church nightly this week.
The elaborate scene, depicting
Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus,
shepherds and wise men, U located
ill the church yard by the steel
bridge on Highway 101 northeast
of Beaufort
Three angles are suspended over
the manger and in the back
ground, through a gate, a woman
carrying a pewter pitcher is shown.
All the characters, with heads
modeled of plaster paris, are ap
proriately costumed.
Camels are stuffed but there is
also a live donkey and a sheep.
The scene is erected annually by
members of the church.
At the entrance is a registry
table for visitors.
Tanker Awaits
Repair Parts
The Brazilian tanker, Guapore,
was still in port yesterday, await
ing repair parts.
The Swedish-built tanker, (ly
ing the Brazilian flag, came into
Morehead City at 5 p.m. Thurs
day after encountering heavy seas.
The vibration shook electrical
panel connections loose, prevent
ing operation of the water-cooling
pumps.
The tanker was bound for Amuay
Bay, Venezuela, after delivering
oil to Marcus Hook, Pa. She waa
carrying water ballast on the re
turn trip. ?
Captain of the 10,096-ton vessel
is Andre Sabatie Fonseca. The ship,
is being handled here by William
Davis of the Morebead City Ship
ping Co. Mr. Davis was called by
the ship's agents in New York
and notified that the Guapore
would be making port here for re
pairs.
Mrs. E. J. Dolzer Kilted
Early Sunday Morning
Held without bond on a charge of murder yesterday was
Moody Lewis, 60, Salter Path. Lewis, confined to the coun
ty jail, appeared before a coroner's jury at the courthouse
last night. He is charged with the shotgun slaying of Mrs.
Edward J. Dolzer, 33, Morehead City.
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs. Dolzer at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon in the<
First Baptist Church, Morehead
City. Burial was in Bay View
Cemetery.
Mrs. Dolzer's body was discover
ed at 2:40 a.m. Sunday a hundred
yards from the road which loops
around the new Catholic Chapel at
Atlantic Beach. She was clad in a
red sweater and skirt.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said the
body was discov
ered, by a young j
Morehead City
couple who went '
immediately to
(hi Ocean King ,
Hjtel, Atlantic
Beach, and
phoned police.
Sheriff Salter
was notified by
Deputy Sheriff
Bobby Bell that Moody Lewis
a body had been found and the
sheriff called Deputy Sheriff Mar
shall Ayscue and Coroner Leslie
Springle.
The sheriff said the woman had
been dead about 30 minutes when
officers arrived. The body was sent
to the Morehead City Hospital
where Dr. M. B. Morey removed
No 1 buckshot from the left chest.
The body was then taken to the
George W. Dill Kuneral Home.
Officers immediately began a
round of questioning, checking with
the victim's husband, her son, 16
year-old Jerry Conner, and a girl
friend identified as Joan Brown,
who worked at a drive-in snack bar
at the Junction of the Atlantic
Beach Road and the old beach road.
Officers learned that Mrs. Dolzer
was riding in an automobile with
Lewis until about 2 a.m. She had
left the Curve Inn, where she work
ed as a waitress at 12:45 a.m.
Deputy Sheriffs Ayscue and Bell
went t? Lewis's bo me at the west
ern end of Salter Path and there
found his car, a black Chevrolet
sedan, but Lewis was nowhere
about.
Shotgun Found
Lewis, who was divorced from
his wife a couple years ago, lived
alone. Officers went in the house
and found his Ward's Hercules 12
gauge shotgun between two mat
tresses on a tumbled-up bed.
Also found in the house was *
note to his daughter, Janice, who
lives in Morehead City. The note,
written in ink on 4 by 6-inch lined
notebook paper, told her to keep
the car and also mentioned "Tre?
sa." Mrs. Dolzer. Sheriff Salter said
yesterday he preferred not to re
veal the detaiia of the note.
After finding the gun and the
note, the officers were joined in
a search for Lewis by residents of
Salter Path. "We appreciate their
help," the sheriff said.
When daylight came and Lewis
had not been found, the sheriff
hired three airplanes from the
Beaufort airport to fly low over
the Salter Path area in an effort
to find Lewis.
Late Sunday afternoon officers
were returning from patrol along
the beach in * jeep. They left John
Willis. Salter Path, off at his home
and Willis went to the Lewis home
again. Luther Lewis, Morehead
City, son of tha bunted man was
there.
Lewis Surrenders
A few minute* later, about 6
p.m. Lewis came walking out of
the woods, went up to his son and
gave himself up. Luther took his
father to county officers in Beau
fort where the elder Lewis was
questioned.
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Welfare Department Says
fwo Children Put in Homes
Mrs. Willi* Dail Wins
$50 Saturday in Btfaufort
Mrs Willie Dsil. Beaufort RFD,
received $80 from the Pirate's
Chest of Silver in Beaufort Satur
day.
Charles Stanley Jr., Morehead
City, and Mr*. Neal Windley, Beau
fort. each received 129.
The last give-away will be held
Friday afternoon at I o'clock.
Plane Lost
Extensive searching has faitad to
locate the wreckage of an F2J Fury
Jet which disappeared Wednesday
between Jacksonville, Fla., and
Cherry Point. The plane waa pilot
ed by Second U. Harold L. Ter
willlger, Madison, 8. D. He waa
aUUoiMd at Chwry Point
? Miss Georgie Hugnes, superin
tendent of the County Welfare
Department, reported yesterday
that two of the eight Negro child
ren for whom they are seeking
homes, have been placed with
families in the county.
Miss Hughea said that as a re
sult of the story In Friday's NEWS
TIMES. a woman in Momhead City
mailed the welfare department a
check lor WW to buy clothes for
the youngsters.
Receiving donations such ss that
la moat unuaual. Hiss Hughes said,
and added that the money wu
moat welcome.
Hiss Hughes said tentative plana
have been made far placing several
of the other children, but homes
are still needed. Persons who can
offer help should contact the H ore
head City Police Department,
phone Hill, or the welfare de
partment, MHL
Elizabeth City
Attorney to Get
Fee ot $5,000
The State Supreme Court has
ruled that Frank B. Aycock,
Elizabeth City attorney who press
ed charges that the dog racing
track at Morehead City is illegal,
is entitled to $5,000 as an attorn
ey's fee.
An order to A. H. James, clerk
of Superior Court, specifies that
the $5,000 figure shall be included
in the costs to be paid by the de
fendant in the action, the Carolina
Racing Association.
The order, filed at the court
house in Beaufort Saturday, states
that if all the costs are paid by
Feb. 1, 1955 and the defendant
"immediately abates the nuisance"
(the dog track), the sheriff of
Carteret County shall return to
the owner the dog track property
now being held by the county.
Should the Carolina Racing As
sociation not pay the costs by Feb.
1, 1955. Sheriff Hugh Salter is
authorized to sell the, race track
property.
Aycock was granted a fee of
$7,500 as the result of his suits
which closed the dog racing track
in Currituck County.
He prosecuted the Carteret case
at the request of Wiley Taylor Jr.,
county solicitor here.
Officers Meet .
Commissioner
At ? meeting of the Morehead
City Police Department Friday
afternoon the new police commis
sioner, who will take over Dec. 25,
was presented to police department
personnel. The new commissioner,
Ted Garner, replaces D. G. Bell
who has resigned.
Town officials announced that
Capt Herbert Griffin had assumed
the duties aa chief and that E. J.
Willis, former chief, has been
named superintendent of public
safety.
It was pointed out that promo
tion in the police department will
continue on the basis of seniority
and officers were urged to take
advantage of the policemen's re
tirement fund set-up.
By statute, <2 of every fine
levied goes into the policemen's
retirement fund, but officers who
do not pay a proportionate part
of their salary are not entitled to
benefits when they retire.
Town officials said that unless
the officers will voluntarily pay
their part, the town will not be
responsible for paying them ben
efits upon retirement.
Officials re-emphasiied the im
portance of getting persons to
comply willingly with the law
rather than "cramming the law
down people's throat*,'* ,, Mayor
George Dill said.
Mr. Bell, the retiring police com
missioner, expressed his apprecia
tion to the force for Its cooperation
during hia term of office and com
mended them for their fine record
of service.
A letter from J. D. Holt, nort
manager was read. Mr. Holt
thanked the officers for their as
sistance during the arrival and de
parture of the paaaenger ship
Stockholm.
Santa to Visit Two
Towns This Week
Santa Claus will make a per
sonal appearance in Morehead City
Thursday night and in Newport
Friday.
Santa will ride downtown on on*
of the town fire trucks in More
head City at 7:30 Thuraday night.
He'll have a treat for *11 the kid
die*.
He will be *t the Christmas Ttm
in Newport, in front of the teach
erage, from 2:M to 4:30 p.m. Fri
day. He'll have a cellophane bag o<
fruit and i small toy for each
child, "regarding of nee, cread
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A Hole-in One auk has
formed at Morehead City <M
Country Club.