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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ""
44th YEAR. NO. 67. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1965 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Blast Damages
22-Foot Sailboat
At Shackleford
Mist Maxine McLohon
Gets Cut on Head; Five
Others Escape Injury
A 22-foot sailboat owned by
Sammy Hughes, 707 Fisher St.,
Morehead City, was damaged in a
freak explosion Sunday afternoon
and Miss Maxine McLohon, daugh
ter of Mr ard Mrs. J. S. McLohon,
Morehead City, was slightly in
jured. Five others in the boat es
caped injury.
Miss McLohon had a cut behind
her right ear and three fingers on
her left h.uid are severely bruised
She was still unable to hear out
of her right ear yesterday.
The accident happened about
3:15 p.m. when the boat evidently
hit a detonator or explosive of
some sort about three-quarters of
a mile north northeast of the dock
at Shackleford Banks. The Coast
Guard was investigating the acci
dent yesterday. It is believed that
the explosive may have been blown
into inside waters during the re
cent storms.
A 16-inch piece of plank was
blown out on the starboard side
near the stern and it is believed
that a splinter probably cut Miss
McLohon. Others in the boat be
sides the owner and Miss McLohon
were Miss Betsy Fulford of Beau
fort, Gilbert Arthur, and Paul and
Carlos Cordova.
A passing motorboat was hailed
and Miss McLohon was put aboard
to be taken to Fort Macon Coast
Guard Station. Mr. and Mrs.
George Stovall, in their boat the
Miss Fritz, were nearby and they
radioed the Coast Guard Station to
have an ambulance come and pick
up Miss McLohon.
Mr. Stovall said he had to get
the message to the Coast Guard
Station by relaying it to the Rita
C, which in turn called the station.
The Dill ambulance carried the in
jured girl to Morehead City Hos
pital.
Mr. Stovall lay by the damaged
sailboat until Mr. Hughes could
unship his mast, furl the sails and
right the boat. Miss Fulford was
taken aboard another sailboat skip
pered by Buddy Bailey and the
boys stayed in the Httghes b6at
while Mr. Stovall towed it back
to Morehead City. Yesterday it
was tied up at the foot of 4th
Street.
Mr. Hughes said the explosion
sounded to him like "a muffled
report from a .12 gauge shotgun.''
Miss McLohon was sitting nearest
the spot where the hole was ripped
in the deck.
Mr. Stovall said he was "about
a city black" away from the
Hughes boat when he saw it sud
denly keel over. He said he
couldn't understand why because
there was no wind. Neither did he
hear an explosion.
He said the boat was right in
the tide line which was quite pro
nounced Sunday afternoon.
Miss Fulford said no one was
panicky but they were all fright
ened for Miss McLohon who was
bleeding. None of the personal bo
longings in the boat were lost.
Diane Was Here
Photos by Charles Tolson
The K. W. Cobb cottage at At
lantic Beach, upper left, was left
high on a "cliff" after Diane. The
bank rises about 12 feet from the
beach and it is estimated the dune
was cut back about 15 feet from
the high water mark.
At the upper right is the Atlan
tic Beach home of Warren Macon j
Rabb. probably one of the most
I seriously damaged beach homes.
Water washed through under the
house and continued across two
roads, running back 900 feet from
the ocean front.
In the picture at lower left are
several homes. The first two to
the left are those of Louis G.
Cooper pnd a Mr. Hooker. At the
Cooper home the porch fell off and |
the lower wall was washed away,
exposing a bed. The bed spread
and the curtains at the window
were left Happing in the wind.
At the Hooker home the sun
deck collapsed and the steps top
pled forward.
At the low r right the sunporch
on the Higgs and Goodson cottage
fell forward, but it was intact.
FHA Supervisor Will Be Here
Soon; Farmers Report Losses
Farmers needing loans as the*
result of damage they sustained in I
Connie and Diane should contact
I. M. Robbins, FHA supervisor, at
the postoffice in Beaufort Thurs
day. Mr. Robbins keeps office on
the second floor of the building
and will be there all day, begin
irrfng at about ? o'clock in the
j morning.
! Mr. Robbins regularly visits the
county every second and fourth
Thursday.
Horace J. Isenhour, state FHA
director, has announced that 28
eastern Carolina counties have
been designated "disaster areas"
in which production emergency
loans are available to stricken
farmers.
Applicants, Mr. Isenhouer said,
must be unable to obtain adequate
credit elsewhere. He stressed that
each application would be con
sidered "on its individual merits."
The loans bear an interest rate of
three per cent.
Both Rep. Herbert Bonner and
Rep. Graham A. Barden of New
Bern urged FHA officials to "cut
red tape," be "generous" in mak
ing loans, and speed up processing
of applications as much as possi
ble.
Homemaking Aids Are
Now Available at Schools
Wreck Damages
Cars at Newport
Three cars were involved in a
wreck at Newport at 11:30 Satur
day night. Policeman Dan Bell,
Newport, uid the driver of one
of the cars, a 1949 Chevrolet, will
be charged with driving drunk
and careless and reckless driving.
According to Officer Bell, a 1951
Hudson, driven by Harold A. Hor
ter, USMC, Camp Lejeune, was
struck from the rear by the Che
vrolet. The accident occurred on
Highway 70 about 200 feet east
.of the railroad track. Both cars
were headed west.
Driver of the Chevrolet was
Douglas R. WaMron, USMC, Clwr
ry Point. The car was owned by
Paul Carson, also a Cherry Point
Marine. A buddy riding with Wal
dron had a few scratches.
After the Chevrolet hit the Hud
son. it bounded off and ran into
G. D. Henderson's yard where It
hit Mr. Henderson's 1942 Ford and
knocked it 4 feet ahead Into a
tree.
State Highway Patrolman W. E.
Pickard took Waldron and his
friend to the county jail In Beau
fort t
No estimate on damage to the
Hudson and Chevrolet was made,
"was considerable," Officer Bell
but damage to the Henderson ear
said. He added that the craah never
?ven woM Mr. Henderson up.
" The county's three vocational
home economics teachers went on
duty last Monday.
Until school begins Tuesday,
Sept. 6, these teachers at Atlantic,
Beaufort and Morehead City will
be in their respective departments
from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday and
Thursdays from 2 to 5 p.m.
At that time adults and students
may use the sewing machines,
ovens or other facilities in the
home economics departments and
they may obtain assistance from
the vocational economics teacher.
Girls wanting to make clothes
for school, or their mothers, are
welcome to use the sewing aids in
the home economics departments.
After school opens, adults may
continue to get this type of as
sistance on Thursday afternoons.
Teachers are Mrs. Marraret Gib
son, Atlantic; Mrs. Datid Bever
idge, Beaufort, and Mrs. Delfido
Cordova, Morehead City.
"So many people don't know
that our homemaking facilities are
available to them" Mrs. Cordova
aaid, "and we are anxious to be of
assistance. Especially should mo
thers of teen-age girls acquaint
themselves with what our depart
ments have to offer."
Toastmaitar* Offer
Services as Speakers
County Toastmastars have of
fered their services as speakers to
groups throughout the county.
The speaker will be supplied |
free of charge. Anyone wishing to
book one of the Toastmasters
should contact Theodore Phillips,
Box 332, Morehead City, phone
*4020.
Truck Backs Over
Two Youngsters
Two Beaufort children were in*
jured at about 5 o'clock Thursday
afternoon when they were run over
by a truck driven by Gray Hassell,
Beaufort. The children were Ros
coe Conway, 6, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roscoe Conway, and Chester
Ray Conway, 11, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Conway.
The accident occurred as Mr.
HasseH was backing an unloaded
dump truck on property north of
the Lennoxville Road. Mr. Hassell
was travelling the property all day
getting loads of dirt and said he
had repeatedly chased the young
sters off the truck. They insisted
on hitching rides.
Right before the accident hap
pened, he chased them off the side
of the truck where he could see
and then they apparently went
around and hid on the other side.
The accident happened in front
of the Conway home which is lo
cated back of the Standard Net
Co.
Chester Ray has a broken leg
and his cousin, Roscoe, was suf
fering from bruises and shock. Mr.
Hassell took them to the Morchead
City Hospital.
According to the youngsters'
tale later, they were behind the
cab and tried to jump off and got
caught under the truck. The truck
was privately owned.
The fathers of the two injured
children work for the town of
Beaufort.
No officers investigated the ac
cident because it occurred on pri
vate property.
Driver Pays $35
Following Wreck
Jimmy Hoots Willis, Williston,
who was involved in ap accident
Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the
intersection 6f 24th and Evans
Streets, was fined $35 and costs
yesterday by Judge Herbert Phil
lips in Morehead City Recorder's
Court.
Willis pleaded guilty to having I
no operator's license and running
a stop sign.
Walter Thomas, police officer
who investigated the wreck, stated
that Ifrs. Margaret Boatic Hodges
of Farnjville was travelling north
on 24th Street, headed towards
Arendell Street, when her car was
struck by Willis's truck headed
weat on Evans Street. Willia ran
the stop sign and rammed into
the right side of Mrs. Hodges' 1053
Oldsmobile doing $350 damage,
Patrolman Thomas said.
The truck, a 1954 Ford owned
by Ward Ballou. had $150 damage.
The C?rter?t BfcPW Club will'
meet at T tonight at Fleming's Res
taurant, Atlantic Beach Causeway. ,
? County farmers, contactcd over
the weekend, reported that their
tobacco, soybeans, corn, and sweet
potatoes had been seriously dam
aged, if not ruined, by the recent
hurricanes.
N. A. Avery, Beaufort: "I lost
five barns of tobacco stm jn the
field? worth $4,000 to $5,000. And
my soybeans are one-third gone,
if not half."
Earl G. Campen, Beaufort: "Well,
I'm on the shelf, not doing any
farming to speak of. My s?n Neal's
taking care of all that, but our
section was hit about like the i
others. Hadn't gotten all the to- j
bacco out. about 25 per cent was
still in the field and that was a
total loss.
"Our sixty acres of soybeans
were in the blossom stage and they j
were mighty nice, but if the blos
soms washed off there'll be n "th
ing there. Corn loss is about 50
per cent. Saltwater got on some
pastureland and did a bit of dam
age and there was a little bit of
fresh water standing in the fields
But it wasn't nearly as bad as
Hazel and Hazel wasn't anywhere
like the storm of 1933.
"1933 was the worst storm I
ever saw. That blew the windows
out of my home."
(Mr. Avery and Mr. Campen
have farms on Highway 101 north
of Beaufort). i
Dr. C. S. Maxwell, North River:
"The roof blew off one of my
barns. Connie started to take it
and Diane finished it. Our vege
table garden is ruined, like every
body else's and the pastures had*
saltwater over them."
H. T. Carraway, Beaufort RFD:
"I fared pretty bad. Lost approxi
mately three barns of tobacco and
there was quite a bit of damage
to the tobacco stored in the pack
house. Water beat in the pack
house and ran under the tobacco.
i believe 90 per cent of my
soybean hay is gone; had in 50
acres of soybeans, some peanuts
and quite a bit of corn. I don't
know how much of my corn is
gone. It wasn't too well matured
and it was partly under water, {
damaged by both salt spray and
heavy rain. AH my vegetable <
crops were in."
L. D. Springle, Runells Creek:
"Lost all my 15 acres com and 35 :
acres of soybeans and my three
acres of sweat potatoes had water
all over them They would have
been ready to dig in October. I
didn't have any saltwater damage
this time." ,
J. T. Oglesby. Crab J?oint: "I had
j^ee FARMS. Pag e 2
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Aug. 23
12:26 p.m.
S.48 a.m.
6:32 p.m.
Wtylneaday, Aug. 24
12:42 a m
1:12 p.m.
6:36 a.m.
7:36 p.m.
Tluuiday, Aug. 25
1:29 a.m.
2:02 p.m.
Friday, Aug. U
2:23 a.m.
2:94 p.m.
9:42 pml |
State Sends Plane to Spread
Mosquito Spray Down East
I
Luther Hamilton Jr. Will
Serve as Assistant Judge
Luther Hamilton Jr. was ap*
pointed assistant judge of More
head City Recorder's Court by the
town board Thursday night. He
will preside when Judge Herbert
Phillips cannot be present.
Also appointed Thursday night
during the board meeting at the
Morehead City Municipal Building
was Jerry Willis, who will serve
on the board of adjustment. Mr.
Willis was appointed in place of
Sam Adler, who has resigned.
George McNeill, town attorney,
said that he thought the board
would also have to appoint some
one to replace Mr. Hamilton on
the board of adjustment since Mr.
Hamilton had been made assistant
judge. No additional appointments
were made that night, however.
Plans Approved
The board gave approval to
plans submitted by Roper Van
Horn who plans to put a bulk oil
plant at the south end of 4th
Street. Mr. Van Horn also sug- t>
gested that the town ask for bids
on gas and oil used by the town
mobile equipment. ?
The town attorney expressed the
opinion that during the recen'.
legislative session a law was passed i I
which allowed towns to buy gas 1
and oil under state contract. 1
Referred to Fire Commissioner s
D. J. Hall was a letter from Caro- ' '
lina Water Co. relative to supply- ' '
ing the new Morehead City Fire
sub-station with a water line. The <
water company said a 2-inch line s
is adequate but a 4-inch line had 3
been requested by the fire chief.
The water company said it would '
be glad to put in the 4 inch line if
the town would pay the difference
between the cost of a 2-inch and
4-inch line, a total of $454
New Chassis Needed
Street Superintendent J. V. Wa:
ters appeared before the board
and said It had been discovered
that the chassis ordered for the
town's new garbage packer was
not heavy enough to take the
packcr. Commissioner Gibbie San
derson was appointed to confer
with Sound Chevrolet Co., from
which the chassis was bought, with
a view to obtaining the proper
chassis.
For more than an hour the
ooard discussed a system of get
ting sewer lines down without
losing money and at the same time
making the cost as low as possible
to the home owner.
It was pointed out that the
town is losing money on laying
sewer lines, regardless what prop
erty owners pay.
Street Commissioner Sanderson
said that whatever amount of mon
ey was paid the town for streets
and sewers, he wanted it to be
paid to the street department ac
count and not to the general fund
as in previous years. The board
agreed.
Mayor George Dill presided.
Dr. David Farrior (
Speaks to Rotary
Dr. David Farrior of the Beau- ,
fort Rotary Club was the guest J
speaker at the weekly meeting
Thursday night of the Morehead
City Rotary Club as part of the
exchange program recently insti
tuted between the two clubs.
Dr. Farrior spoke on the depres
sion of 1929 and the trying times
that went with it. He compared
the depression days with condi
tions as they exist today, and com
mented on things the government
has done to make certain there
won't be a recurrence of the dark
days.
Dr. Farrior cited the Gl Bill of
Rights aa an example, stating that
the veterans in college have been
better students than non-veterans,
and have come out of collcge pre
pared to work for a better econ
omy.
Visiting Rotarians included Jim
Mason, Gaatonia; C M Wade,
Charlottesville, Va.; Jim Fleming.
Greenville; Wilbur Ormand and
Lee Nance, Ayden; B. W. Elliott.
Durham, and Edgar Hibbs, New ,,
port. ,
Port Calendar
U8N8 Tecmlc? Due in at
Aviation Fuel Terminals, docked
instead at Norfolk and unloaded
its cargo of aviation gaa. The
chan<e was necessitated because
of the hurricanes.
88 BMreutafaa? Due at the
state port Thursday to pick up
tobacco for Rotterdam, Antwerp,
Bremen and Hamburg.
Shrimpers Hope
For Good Catches
If their nets Con't get fouled
in storm debris, shrimpers be
lieve they'll do fairly well now.
Good catches were reported in
the Neuse River the end of last
week and some fishermen, judg
ing from the turn of events after
Hazel, believe fishing might get
better. It did after Hazel.
In this area, hardly any com- ?
mercial boats were damaged by
the storms but in the Hatteras
section, fishermen lost a lot of
their gear.
Two Storms Cost
State 5100,000
In Carteret Alone
In this county alone Connie and
Diane tapped the State Highway
L'ommissior, 's pocketbook to the
une of $100,000. "That's a con
servative estimate," said J. L.
Humphrey, county road superin
endent.
Connie with her heavy rains
?aused $60,000 damage and Diane,
sweeping in with high tides, added
*40,000 to the bill.
Mr. Humphrey said the state
loped to have all roads open by
yesterday. On Friday the West
Beaufort Road was still closed, as
vas the ftig Deep Creek Road. The
Vlundine Road was open to light
raffic.
The Stella Road, washed out in
,wo places was opened Thursday
iind. the roads to Harkers Island
and Atlantic were passable, al
hough the Harkers Island Bridge
approaches were one-way only and
Highway 70 to Atlantic was open
>nly to one-way traffic in some
ipots. The same was true of High
way 24 to Swansboro.
Mr. Humphrey said, however,
hat no one was stranded. On the
state system wherever there was
i blockade because of a washout,
here was another way open over
vhich the motorist could get to
vhere he was going.
The main motor on the Atlantic
Seach Bridge quit Tuesday when
t got wet, but it was back in op
eration, mechanically, Thursday,
in the menatime, the bridge was
>pened and closed by manpower,
>risoners from the Newport Pri
lon Camp.
In addition to working on roads,
he State Highway Commission
vas pushing up sand dunes at At
antic Beach to save property there
rom future storms and it also put
i line across the Salter Path Road
o the sound to drain low areas
it the beach filled with water as j
he result of the storms.
' To battle mosquitoes in eastern Carteret County the
State Mosquito Control Commission sent a plane to Sea
Level over the weekend to put in 20 hours of spraying time.
J. A. DuBois, manager of the Sea Level Chamber of
Commerce, said that the plane sprayed a 25 per cent solu
tion of DDT Saturday, Sunday and finished up two hours
n( ? W? A. ?
"? liic lime j cavci uajf inui iiiii^.
Two hours was allotted to Oera
coke and a portion of that time to
Portsmouth Island. Also covered
were the marshes to North River,
Markers Island and all down east
communities
"We doubt that many of the mos
quitoes now flying were killed, but
the insecticide has been spread on
the water and will kill the larvae,"
Mr. DuBois commented.
He commented that the Mosquito
Control Commission is probably
giving help first to those communi
ties which offered cooperation and
who have thus far been trying to
help themselves. According to in
formation supplied him, the coastal
towns which have already been
designated for help in mosquito
control are Jacksonville, Richlands
and Belhaven. Richlands has
agreed to supply the spray for their
town, Mr. DuBois said.
"All communities can get in on
it," he added. The Mosquito Con
trol Commission recently sent a
letter to coastal communities ask
ing whether they would be able to
match state appropriations for
spraying in their area. Sea Level
Chamber of Commerce replied in
the affirmative and reported that
$1,500 had already been spent by
them to fight mosquitoes.
It was reported that Onslow
County has appropriated $5,000 for
mosquito control.
"If this county would just go
along on this project, we can get
rid of the mosquitoes," Mr. DuBois
said. "The state commission needs
the cooperation of the people and
the people should express their ap
preciation for the help," he added.
The plane came from a Rich
lands flying service and was pilot
ed by Martin Hodges who has done
mosquito control work in Florida.
It flew from the airport at Atlan
tic. In Dare County the Diane will
bl fiuWwitd and the st?ie wit) tup
ply the chemicals.
Mr. DuBois said that towns down
cast are continuing to use fog
trucks.
He added that anyone wanting
help, especially Atlantic Beach and
Newport, which have started their
own control programs, should con
tact him.
Mosquitoes have been thick in
the county ever since Diane. Yes
terday drug stores in both Beau
fort and Morehead City had sold
out o( the popular mosquito sticks. I
People spent all weekend swatting I
mosquitoes, rubbing on repellant.l
spraying and scratching.
Four Teachers Needed
To Fill County Vacancies
Four teachers are still being
sought to fill vacancies on facul
ties in the county.
Needed at Morehead City School
are a librarian and sixth grade
teacher, at Camp Glenn a fifth
grade teacher and at Smyrna a
home prnnomirs teacher.
William Bell
Appeals Decision
To Higher Court
William Bell noted an appeal to
Superior Court and his bond was
set at $4(X) by Judge Lambert Mor
ris in County Recorder's Court
Thursday. Bell was found guilty
of disposing of mortgaged property
belonging to C. T. Cannon, New
port.
Bell was given a three-month
suspended sentence and ordered to
pay Mr Cannon $335 within 60
days. He was also assessed costs.
Dudley Lee Cragg was fined $10
and costs when he was found guil
ty of speeding 70 miles per hour.
Costs were assessed in the fol
lowing cases: Guy Benjamin Guth
rie, failing to stop for a stop sign;
Jean Harles Warren, improper li
cense; John Sapio, speeding, and
Charles E. King, improper lights.
Bonds Forfeited
The following forfeited bonds:
Everett Donald Merrill, improper
muffler; Robert J Smith and Mary
K. Garner, no operator's license;
Thomas Marion Garner, allowing
unlicensed person to operate ve
hicle; Van Dyke Hatch and Paul
L. Laundry, speeding.
Leonard Collins Jr., blocking
traffic and improper exhaust; Tho
mas C. Morris, two counts of pub
lic drunkenness; Charles Timothy
Bosely, failure to yield the right
of way, and James Carroll, resist
ing arrest. A warrant was also is
sued for the apprehension of Car
roll.
The charge of DC an impro
per muffler, against Oscar Wil
liam Overfield, was left open for
future prosecution, and the chargc
of issuing a bad check against An
thony J. Alfieri was dropped.
Cases Continued
Cases against the following were
continued: Ervan E. Haniscey, Roy
Eugene Mills, James F. Souther
land, Jack Gillikin, Charles Jeff
ery Imber, James Edward Law
rence, Jack Marion Green. Wil
liam Harold Lamareaux, Duncan
Warren, Isaiah Reels, Gurnie Tho
mas Murray.
William Jerry Willis, James
Smith, James Taylor, Earl Mcin
tosh Noe Jr., Robert Primrose
Gooding, William Henry Lee, Ves
ter Mclnvale, Alton Dickinson,
Richard L. Bower, Irene Frazier,
Solomon Garnwell, Wesley Gordon
Fulcher, Manley Garner, Kcnnard
Andrew Taylor.
Delsie Cheek Bailey, Lasalle
Hankins, Ralph H. Perry, Walter
T Hewitt, William Rodney Law
rence, Dennis John Holisak. Wil
liam Roger Hardy, Gerald J.
Klesch. and Clarence H. Wiggins.
County Polio Chapter Helps
Meet Nationwide Emergency
At the request of the National
foundation for Infantile Paraly
is, half of the funda in the county
hapter were mailed yesterday to
lational headquarters.
All chapters in the nation which
lave funds available have been re
luested to do this to meet emer
;ency needs in areas hard hit by i
idio this summer.
The amount sent by Carteret
ounty was $2,300 72. announced
ifrs. C. L. Beam, chapter treasur
r. An equal amount has been re
ained in the treasury here.
In previous years when Carteret ,
unds were insufficient to meet
ocal needs, money was advanced
o this l ounty by the National
foundation ?
George P. Voss, national direc
or of chapter*, said that requests
or advances now total $400,000.
n a letter to Miss Ruth Peeling,
ounty chapter chairman, he said.
Each mall brings new requests,
know September will bring a de
uge of requests from chapters in
ligh incidence areas such as Maa
achusetts, which is threatened
vith the biggest epidemic in Its
listory. We must take care of
hose advances we are holding and
le able immediately to help chap
ers meet the heavy demands now
icing made upon thfem."
Miss Peeling said that abe waa
[lad there was sufficient money
n the local treasury to help out
n the emergency "Other chapters
hroughout the nation Mri* money i
available to ui when we needed*
It, and now we have an opportun
ity to return the favor."
Miss Peeling has also (..lied a
chapter meeting for Friday night,
Sept. 2, at 7:30 in the civic cen
ter, 9th and Evans Streets, Moro
head City. At that time, Jack Mc
Gee, eastern repreaentative of the
National Foundation in this state,
will be present
"Anyone interested in polio pre
vention and treatment and in ihe
work of the local chapter is in
vited," Miss Peeling said. A finan
cial report, as well as other re
ports from officers, will be given.
Jaip?r toll to PrMide
At Meeting Tomorrow
Jasper Bell will be toastmaster
at the meeting of the Toastmas
lera tomorrow morning at 7 at the
Hotel Fort Macon.
P. H. Geer Jr. will be topic mas
ter and Ted Davis will be topic
critic.
Prepared speakers will be Dr.
David Farrior, Walton Hamilton,
Dr. W. L. Woodard and Charles
Summerlln Alternate speakers will
be Frank Casslano and W. C. Mat
thews Jr.
Critics will be Ted Davis, J. P.
Harris, Dan Walker and Ronald
Earl Mason Dr. Ruaaell Outlaw
will be master critic and Gerald
Hill will give the educational
speech.
Sprinkler Foils
Firebug Attempt
A sprinkling system put out a
fire in the Woolard Metal Finish
ing Co. at the east end of Broad
Street Saturday night. Chief of
Police Guy Springle said the fire
had been set.
A window on the northeast side
of the building had been knocked
out and "something thrown" in
two different places inside the
shop to start the fire.
The firebug attempt was dis
covered Sunday morning at 8
o'clock when Gerald Woolard, own
er and operator of the shop, went
in. The inside of the building was
smoky, but Mr. Woolard said that
damage was not extensive.
Chief Springle said that police
are continuing their investigation.
Manager Complimented
Ted Davis, manager of the More
head City Chamber of Commerce,
this week received a letter from
the Noble T. Praigg Advertising
agency. High Point, commending
him on compilation df the chamber
booklet "Year Round Vacation
land." Mr. Praigg said he haa seen
hundred* of such booklets but
none superior to Morehaad City's.