Ocracokers Enjoy Picture
Of Ponies in Saturday Post
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OeHolay Boys
Attend Ceremony
?welve members of the Mc)re-|
he d City DeMolay chapter recent
ly (tended the presentation of the
IK lorary Legion of Honor de?H?
na on to Dr. Charles H. Pu?h,
G< tonia physician and most wqj:
sh )ful Grand Master of the
AP&AM of Jjorth Carolina.
mf ceremonivs were held at
th?, Mason/ Temple in .ftatfi'nia
with tKc preseqtation made bj O.
H Hamhy, ChaMo(tt^ state repre
sentative of (tic Internal ional Su
prtijfe Council
Atfcert Waftaie, Newport, Mas
te* Councilor of Mofehead City '
chistef, announced a public in
staUaluin will be held Feb. 4 in
Morehead City.
Richard $. Harrington, Morehcjid
City, past Master Councilor of the
chapter and Chevalier of the Or
der, assisted in retirement cere
monies <>f pick McChiney, curtl
mander of the Court of Chevaliers
for North Carolina at the C.astonia
meeting. I
hiavy Offers New
Retruit Inducement
During the month of January,
Tar Heels who enlist in the Navy !
may have a reprieve from the
winter cold, the Navy Recruiting i
Station in Raleigh announced to
day.
A large portion of applicants
enlisted in January will be sent to
the Navy Recruit Training Center
in Sjin Diego for their recruit
training. This is the first time in
over a year that recruits, other
than companies, have ben sent to
California for training.
Interested young men between
the ages of 17 and 31 in the Car
teret area should see their Navy
recruiter at the postoffice build
ing in Morehead City on either
Tuesday or Thursday between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. All
applicants will be sent to San
Diego on a "first come, first
served" basis.
Coffee Day Raises $130
For Polio Campaign
Coffee-selling spots rang the
, March of Dimes cM register to
the tune of $130.80 fuesday.
Mrs. Vera Smith. Beaufort, Cof
fee Day chairman, was pleased
with the proceeds and extended
thanks to all the restaurant and
diner managers who gave their
Tuesday coffee receipts to the polio
fund.
Contributions to the March of
Dimes should be mailed to Mrs.
Clem Johnson, Box 631, Morehead
City, N. C.
Many Ocracoke people appre
ciated the double page, full-color
picture of Ocracoke ponies by '
George Tichenor, published in the
UlL. 7J?ue jrf. Tfce$aturday Bvc
ning Post. Boy Scouts were par
ticylarly excited wt)en they savy it,
since etch Stout owns a hanker
m the Ocracoke Mounted
Troop No. isK .
The Post picture sKows trie
pinnies galloping along the teach
uf I'amlico Sound, and is captioned
Denizens? You sec here I
some member; of one of America'* i
first Fairiifies. spirited creatures
Miich might belong tfl ? sort of
Society of Mayflwv DesC*n'dant?,
if horses bad such things.,
"Their ancestors arrived hi the |
earl) 17ft0s when thetr ship was
wrecked on Ocracoke Island, a
North Carolina sandspit near
treacherous Cape Hattcras. Since
ticn the horses have run loose j
They are rounded up annually, and
new colts are branded by the own
ers of the wild mares which bore
them.
"To tbin out the herd, pcracoke
holds an auction each Fourth of
July. The horses bring $50 to $100 |
each, after which the buyer must
pay for ferrying them thirty miles
lo the nearest railhead. But Ocra
coke retains enough to supply
mhunts of its Boy Scout troop."
During their stay at Ocracoke
Mr. and Mrs. Tichenor stayed at !
Sound Front Inn. Mr. and Mrs. W |
T. Boos have just received a let
ter from Mrs. Tichenor which says,
"We have started to plan a trip
in June to .Ocracoke; we are just
in love with the place."
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Scout Leaders Will
Attend Round Table
At 7:30 Tonight
A Scout Leaders Round Table
for all -members of the Carteret
District, Boy Scouts of America,
will take place tonight at 7:30 at
the civic center, Morehead City.
The Scout leaders will make
plans for observance of National
Boy Scout Week, Feb. 6-12.
Notice of the Round Table was
given at Monday night's district
meeting at the civic center, when
R. B. Howard, chairman of the
district committee, presided at a
discussion of objectives and goals
for 1956.
A Court of Honor will be held
at the Marshallberg Methodist
Church on Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m.,
as pari of the <?f*b?*tion of Na
tional *Scout
Rudtfph Alexander, new field
representative, was introduced by
Frank Gay. Mr. Alexander re
places Mr. Gay under a district
revision plan.
The council's annual Recogni
tion Banquet will be held at Kin
ston Jan. 18. Anyone interested in
attending should contact Ettifcn
Davis for tickets.
Approximately 20 Scout leaders
attended Monday's meeting.
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carriage
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times
40. Sallnp
42. Molasses
46 Chinese
money of
account
47. Wrinkles
43. Taro foot
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50. Cain by
labor
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52. Affirmative
53. Danish
ptarmigan
Solution to Tuesday's Puzzle
DOWN
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millet
2. Dillseed
3. Color
4. l<ook
ateadily
5. Fierce
6. Deer
7. Compass
point
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8. Common
place
9. Come Into
view sgaln
10. Poker stake
11. African
gazelle
16. Caps
19. High moun
tain
21. Periods of
time
22. Fourth
caliph
23. Clamor
24. A mounting
by ladders
26. Biblical
character
27. Pigpen
28. Digit
30. Plotting
hi rut-lure
34. Merry
35. Pe- ill
39. Old world
falcon
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| Civil Defense Tip j
Does 640 or 1240 mean any
thing to you? If it doesn't your ,
rating on the Civil Defense
chart is mighty low. Those are
Conelrad frequencies. In this
area, 640 is the frequency over
which you will receive official
information in case of disaster.
Your County Civil Defense of
fiee suggests that you mark this
frequency on your radio dial.
That way it will be easy to find
There will be no doubt in your
mind as to where you are to set i
the dial.
Start 1956 by marking your i
radio dial now, at 640, the Conel- '
rad frequency for Carteret.
Dredging of Taylor's
Creek Nears Completion
The dredge deepening Taylor's
Creek has now reached the eastern I
boundary of the Sperti property,
Lennoxville.
The dredging, being done by At
kinson Dredging Co., Norfoffc,
started Dec. 9 and is expected to ;
be finished in about two weeks.
Plots Leveled
Grass plots between the curb
and sidewalk on the south side of
Front Street are being leveled by
the town street department. The
work is being done to prevent high
ground from washing into the gut
ters during storms.
Morehead Post
Enrolls Quota
National recognition has come
to the Morehead City post of The
American Legion for its outstand
ing membership record for 1956.
J. B Rice, commander of More
head City Post No. 46, has been
notified by Nash McKee, state ad
jutant of The American Legion,
Raleigh, that a national American
Legion citation will be presented
to Post 46.
A special certificate of Most
Distinguished Service will be
awarded for enrolling a member
ship for 1956 by Nov. 11, 1955,!
equal to the total membership of
the post for last year.
Commander Rice said a state
officer of the American Legion
would visit the post and present
the certificate as soon as a suitable
date could be arranged.
The Morehead City post has also
received a special letter of com
mendation from American Legion
National Commander J. Addington
Wagner. Battle Creek, Mich., for
its membership accomplishment.
Recovers from Typhoid
John Nelson Jr., Atlantic, who
was hospitalized last week with
typhoid fever, is reported by the
county health department to be
recovering satisfactorily.
Speaks softly and
packs a powerful wallop !
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THE BEL AIR SfOftT COU*E-on? of 19 hlghpric^-looking Chivrokts, all with Body by Mmr.
Soft-spoken, yes. (One reason is the
hydraulic-hushed valve lifters now
in all Chevrolet engines? V8 or 6.)
And this handsome traveler packs a
horsepower wallop that ranges up
to 2051 It's charged with sheer,
concentrated action.
Action that can save you precious
seconds for safer passing! Action
that lets you take steep hills in ef
forties* stride! Action that helps
you zoom out of trouble spots!
And action isn't all. Chevy holds
the road Uke part of the pavement!
Of course, Chevrolet brings you
the security of safety door latches.
Instrument panel padding and seat
belts, with or without shoulder
harness, art offered at extra cost
Come in And highway-test it.
SOUND CHEVROLET COMPANY, INC.
13M AMNDqU, Sfc PMONi 6-4103 MOREHEAD CITY, N. G,
Lions Governor
To Give Charter
W. Hoy Poole, district Lioiu
governor, Kinston, will present the
charter to Down East Lions at a
charter night banquet Saturday
Jan. 21
The banquet will begin at 7:30
it the Sea Level Inn. Lions will
bring their wives. Members of
other Lions Clubs in this area will
also be invited. Between 85 and
100 persons ate expected.
At Monday night's meeting of
the newly-organized Down East
Lions Club guest speakers were
Norman Trueblood, Elizabeth City,
and William E. Allen, Kinston.
Mr. Trueblood is state Lions sec
retary and Mr. Allen is a state of
ficial. They spoke on Lionism.
It was reported that Port City
Motors. Morehead City, has offered
to do. free of charge, the mechan
ical work on the club's recently
acquired fire truck and that Ken
neth Johnson, manager of the mo
tor company, will sell necessary
parts to the Lions at cast.
Meter Receipts
Parking meter receipts for Beau
fort last month amounted to $1,
120.22, according to the financial
report given town commissioners
Monday night.
This brings parking meter re
ceipts since June 30, 1955 to $4,
435.85
Tax collections on the current
levy totaled $7,959.82 in Decem
ber, bringing the total to $18,872
91. The total levy is $53,740.40.
Collected on prior years' taxes
was $329.97. Received through
liquor store operation was $934.58.
Payment of a business license fee
of $4.75 brought the total for the
fiscal year to $2,706.05.
Franchise taxes amounted to
$307.46 and miscellaneous income
amounted to $179.50.
The financial report was made
by Dan Walker, town clerk.
State Offers Free
Game Food Seeds
Raleigh More than 4,000 ten
pound bags of wildlife food seeds
arc available to landowners who
wish to improve their landi for
rabbits, quail, and lurkeysTTt 1BT
announced today in Raleigh. Bob
Hazel, farm game specialist with
the North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources Commission, stated that
the bags of annual seeds would be
sent to landowners without charge
as long as the supply lasts.
For most of the state the mix
ture consists of 2 pounds of com
bine milo, 2 pounds of millet, 2
pounds of cow peas, 2 '-a pounds
of soybeans, and lVj pounds of an
nual lespedeza. For the mountain
counties, half the bag consists of
the above mixture and the other
half is buckwheat, with a quarter
pound of sunflower seed added.
The mixture has been developed
by farm game experts to provide
a quick means of establishing
food patches for wildlife. The
Wildlife Commission's long range
program for habitat improvement
is based on the planting of peren
nial plants such as shrub lespedeza
and multiflora rose.
Present planting stocks of these
perennials do not bear until the
second year, although new strains
are being developed that will bear
seed the first year, Mr. Hazel said.
He stated that the annual seed
mixture would provide excellent
food for part of the winter months
of the first year while the peren
nials are reaching maturity.
Hazel pointed out that the an
nual seed mixture will plant two
eighth-acre plots. He said that it
would be more desirable for the
game to plant two small patches
rather than one large one. The
patches should be located near
good cover, and will require one
bag of 6-8-6 or 4-6-4 fertilizer.
Applications for the free bags
of seed mixture can be obtained
from the district wildlife biolo
gists, county agents, Soli Conser
vation Service agents, and from
the county wildlife protectors.
Planting instructions come with
the bags of seed.
March 1 is the deadline for ap
plications for shrub leapedeza, be
said. The entire crop of multiflora
rose seedlings, totaling almost a
million plants, has been applied
for, but there are approximately
five-itallllon shrub lespedeza seed
lings still available. Well over a
million lespedeza plants have al
ready ben distributed this winter
from the Commission's wildlife
foods nursery at Chapel Hill.
V
Jan. 0 - -The Rev. Walter E. Whi
taker, pastor of the Assembly ol
God Church, has been granted a
four-year scholarship to the Uni
versity of Butler, Indianapolis,
Iod. The Rev. Mr. Whitaker hat
served the church for about twc
years. He and Mrs. Whitaker will
be much missed in the community
He plans to complete his reli
I gious training and return into ser
vice as an Asaemply of God chap
,laift. The Whitakers and their twc
children will leave Ocracoke Jan
23. No announcement has been
I made as to who his successor will
be.
The Ocracoke School FT A will
hold one of its famous pot-luck
suppers next Monday night in the
school library. After supper, there
will be a brief business meeting
and a social hour with some good
old-time group singing.
The January meeting of the Wo
man's Society for Christian Ser
vice of the Methodist Church was
held in the church recreation hall.
Mrs. Jack Willis, president, pre
sided. It was voted to raise money
to help pay for the new oil heat
ing installation now being put in
the church.
To this end the society has
planned a food sale for Friday
night of this week beginning at
5:30 p.m. Cakes, pies, doughnuts,
rolls, and other goodies will be
on sale, and those coming can en
joy a cold drink or cup of coffee
and a piece of cake, pie, etc.
Since the women are helping the
men pay for the church furnace,
it is hoped that the men will all
get out and patronize the food
sale.
Mrs. Theodore Rondthaler will
serve as circle leader during the
ensuing year; Mrs. Benjamin E.
Spencer as chaplain. The regular
study and devotional meeting will
be held each first Monday of the
month; the business and social
meeting each first Tuesday of the
month.
Mrs. Herbert O'Neal is visiting
in Wilmington with her son, Don
ald O'Neal and family.
Maltby Bragg and Irvin Garrish
have been hospitalized at the Ma
Court
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dollars of the fine will be remit
led provided he presents a valid
license to the court within four
, weeks.
Jerome J. McCarthy was fined
? j $25 and costs for no operator's
1 license, with the full fine to he
| remitted provided he presents a
i valid license to the court within
1 two weeks.
' | Fines of $10 and costs were le
I vied against Allen E. Sydnor. and
j Lydia Bratcher, both for public
' i drunkenness.
Forfeits Bond
( Thomas Ralph Tillage, charged
with speeding, forfeited bond and
| a warrant was issued for his ap
I prehension.
Costs were assessed against Wil
I liam Henry Core, public drunken
ness; Gilbert H. Jackson Jr..
, speeding; David Earl Taylor, driv
| ing on wrong side of road, and
Geneva Cox Arnold, failing to stop
for a stop sign.
Found not guilty were Bobby
Guthrie, allowing unlicensed per
son to operate a vehicle; Delmar
P. Harvey, improper brakes; and
Douglas Guthrie, theft from Fry
Roofing Co. and sale of stolen
goods to Willie Gray's junk yard.
Cases against Leslie G. Guthrie,
William T McKay Jr., and Thom
as G. Davis were continued.
rine Hospital in Norfolk.
A. G. Stewart, f newspaper man
of Wilmington, Del., came down
recently for a few day's hunting.
Stewart, also an ardent angler, is
a frequent visitor to Ocracoke;
says he is going to retire here
eventually.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Preston
were called to Fairmont. W. Va .
in December, because of the death
of his mother, Mrs. W. F. Pres
ton. She is survived by nine chil
dren and fourteen grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyette are enjoy
ing another January trip to the
mainland, with plans to visit their
son, C. F. Boyette and Mrs. Boy
jette in Foley, Ala.
Issues Licenses
M. E. Bullard. Department of
Motor Vehicles, will issue taxi and
contract carrier license tags at the
Morehead City police station this
: morning.
Beaufort Will
Invite Summer
School This Year
Directors Hear Report
On Christmas Promo
tion, Plan Boat Racos
Beaufort will invite the summer
art school of the Woman's College,
I University of North Carolina, to
i hold its sessions in Beaufort. The
! Chmaber of Commerce directors
j .lecided to issue the invitation
Tuesday night at their meeting in
i the chamber office.
The group was told that income
| from the businessmen's Christmas
sales promotion program exceeded
cast by S36 79. A vote of thanks
i for a successul program was ex
tended to Danforth Hill and Ray
Cummins.
The directors also voted to hold
the annual boat races in July.
Pat Springle, chamber secretary,
has requested that the courtesy
nickel envelopes be turned in Un
less the nickels are returned, the
program will be discontinued, the
directors said. The chamber lost
$5.75 in the month of December
| on the project. Thus far this year
no nickels have been returned.
Miss Springle said.
I President Norwood Young read
a letter in reply to the chamber's
I letter to the utilities commission
i protesting the water rate increase.
| The letter was included in the min
utes of the rate hearing.
Firemen Attend Meeting
At Wilson Tuesday Night
Firemen from Beaufort and
i Morehead City attended the East
J C a r o 1 i n a Firemen's Association
| meeting at Wilson Tuesday night.
J Among those who attended from
Beaufort were Chief Charles Har
rell, Wardell Fillingame, Frank
Robinson. Haywood Snell, Eugene
Garner, Ronnie Smith and Neal
Willis.
The Morehead City delegation
included Chief Vernon Guthrie,
Eric Lewis, Lindscy Guthrie and
Lin wood Brinson.
Everything's ' ' ^
BUT
Electricity's
. STILL
(DOWN!
Cloud-high basketball play
?n reach right up than with
high living-cost* thee* dor*.
But In the home-game ol
"balance th* budget", one
steady player still score*
points for your team at a
? war admission price.
Reddy Kilowatt's star
performance, for the
average residential
customer, costs 28%
less per unit-used than
it did 15 years ago.
Reddy and your serv
ice team at CP&L do
a'l rlqht In the nation
al ratings, tool Her*
aaain you pay about
20% less than the na
flonal arorago tor tvory unit uwd. Quito
a rocord whan you rafUct thai your IMiuj
costs haro lumped mors than 90% sine* '31.
So why not koop Roddy busy? Ha'* tiro- I
Ion ? ho'i ?tflcUnt ? h?'? CHEAPl
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