54 Real Estate Transfers
Put on Courthouse Record
Night Must Fall
Will be Staged
Here Next Week
Night Must Fall, a suspense
filled murder drama, will be pre
sented by the Carteret Community
Theatre next Thursday and Fri
day. March 8 and 9. at 8 p.m. in
the Morehead City School Audi
torium.
Sponsoring the play is the More
head City Woman's Club. Members
of the club have tickets and are
selling them now.
The play's setting is in England.
The drama centers around a neu
rotic old woman who's an invalid.
She demands constant attention
and finds comfort and solace in a
young man, Danny, who caters to
her whims.
How the drama, leading up to
the old woman's murder, unfolds
has kept both movie and legitimate
theatre audiences enthralled ever
since the play was first staged. Ro
bert Montgomery played in the
movie version.
Characters in the play are Joyce
Willis, Frances Southerland, Lil
lian Frances Giddens, Betty Barks
dale, all of Morehead City; Lee
Francis. Newport; Bob Murphy
and Bob Bieber, Cherry Point, and
Kenneth Fischler, Beaufort.
Ed Walston, Beaufort, is direc
tor.
Easter Seal
Chairmen Listed
Mrs. J. C. Harvell, Morehead
City, general chairman of the
Easter Seal campaign, has an
nounced the appointment' of com
mittee chairmen. The Easter Seal
sale begins March 10 and ends
April 10.
The following are committee
chairmen: Mrs. W M. Brady, audit
ing; Mrs. Roma Styron, coin collec
tors; Mrs. Marion Mills, lily pa
rade; Mrs. J. T. Mott, publicity;
Mrs. Hugh Porter, schools.
The Morehead City and Beaufort
Girls Tri-Hi-Y will act as volun
teers.
The campaign will be conducted
by the North Carolina Crippled
Children's Society, one of the 1,
655 affiliates of the National So
ciety of Crippled Children and
Adults.
More than 90 per cent of the
funds collected in the state remain
within the state. Chief services are
the purchasing of braces, wheel
chairs, hospitalization, speech cor
rection, transportation to and from
the hospital and direct medical aid,
and the Crippled Children's Camp.
Teachers Favor
0. P. Johnson
Carteret County teachcri cart
151 votes for O. P. Johmon for the
office of president of the North
Carolina Education Asosciation.
Balloting took place Wednesday in
county schools. Mr Johnson is sup
erintendent of Duplin County
Schools. He was the only presi
dential candidate.
Inei Page received 88 votes for
the office of vice-president and
Rosalie Andrews received 83 votes.
Carteret teachers voted in favor
of all amendments proposed to the
NCEA constitution.
Earl C. Funderburk received 129
vote* is National Education Asso
ciation director.
In the vote for two delegates
to the NBA, Garland F. Bailey re
ceived 37 votes; Bertha Cooper 87;
Mrs. Phoebe Emmons 35: B. S.
Johnson 88; Mary Saunders 54,
and R. H. Stone 11.
Rotarians Hear
The Rev. John Bunn
The Rev. John Bunn. son of Dr.
?nd Mrs. John Bunn, Morehead
City, spoke on his forthcoming trip
ta the Holy Land at the weekly
meeting of the Morehead City Ro
tary Club last Thursday at Flem
ing's Restaurant.
Mr. Bunn spoke on the archaeo
logical discoveries of the past and
the finds hoped for in the future.
His summer work wiH require six
months.
President A. F. Chestnut an
nounced that John Bataoo, Mount
Olive, principal at Atlantic School
from 1034-1M2, is the candidate
for the office of governor of Ro
tary District 270 which covert
the Morehead City group.
Mor# Than 50# Attend
Band Concert Tuesday
More than 900 people attended
the Winter Concert of the More
head City School Band Tuesday
night at the school auditorium.
The program was vary well re
ceived and Ralph Wade, director
at the hand, said that he waa
pleased with the esMMat'twrmat.
' A total of M nil estate trans
fers was mad* from Feb. 7 to Feb.
21. according to records in the
register of deeds office, court
house, Beaufort. I .and deals are
listed below by township:
Morehead? Ely J. Perry, et al.
to Arthur O. Aekerson Sr., $100;
Morehead City Country Club, Inc
to J Frank Cheek and wife, $100:
Thurston If. Rice and wife to Vel
ton J. O'Neal. $100: Thurston M.
Rice and wife to Everett Longest
and wife. $1.
Morehead City Country Club, Inc.
to Walter Morris Brady and wife.
$100: Norman B. I.ivengood and
wife to Charles If. I.ivengood Jr.,
$10: Charles H. I.ivengood Jr. and
wife to Norman B. I.ivengood and
wife. $10: Hugh F. Fenton and
wife to Robert C. McLean and
wife, $10.
Pender A. Smith and wife to
Sadie Culpepper Smith, $1; Ro
chelle Realty Co. of Roanoke
Rapids Inc. to Anita Reut, two
transactions, $10 each: Lester L.
llall and wife to J. B. Henderson
and wife, $10; Morehead City
Country Club Inc. to George R.
Wallace and wife, $100.
Gerald S. Mitchell and wife to
John E. Naf and wife, $10; John
E. Naf and wife to Gerald S. Mit
chell and wife, $10; George F.
Cribb Jr., et al, to Pender Nolan
Smith and wife, $10; G. W. Hunt
ley an-i wife to Alan Tillery Leary
Jr. and wife, $10.
Rochcile Realty Co. of Roanoke
Rapids Inc. to Luther Earl Lewis
and wife, $10; Theodore S. Econo
mon and wife to R. L. Stallings Jr.,
et al, $10; Bruce L. Goodwin and
wife to James W. Bell and wife,
$10; Bruce L Goodwin and wife
to Larry G. Willis and wife, $10.
Bruce L. Goodwin and wife to
Ruth Leckey Peeling, $10; Bruce
L. Goodwin and wife to Christian
L. Bristow and wife, $10; Bruce L.
Goodwin and wife to Weldon C.
Matthews Jr. and wife, $10; G. W
Huntley and wife to Howard O.
Hunnings and wife, $10; Pearl II.
Moye to W. S. Moye Jr., $10.
Beaufort ? Carteret County to
Town of Beaufort: George R.
Laughton and wife to George R.
Laughton Jr. and wife, $10; David
0. Vann to Ethel Vann Jones and
Math J Qnes, $100; I.uther E. Gil
likin to James L. Gillikin, $800.
James Allen Edens and wife to
Catherine Cantwell Briggs. et al,
$100; James D. Potter and wife to
1.ynwood D. Shore and wife, $10;
W. Roy Willis and wife to George
W, Collins Jr. and wife, $10; G.
W. Huntley and wife to Fred Mc
Daniel and wife, $100.
Markers Island ? Charles H. Da
vis and wife to Johnie L. Lewis
and wife, $10; Mary G. and Claude
Davis to Luther Hamilton Jr., $10;
Earl C. Davis, et al, to Nancy Carol
Piner, $10; Stacy W. Davis to Gor
don Willis and wife, $10; Edward
G. Dixon and wife to Lawrence H.
Vickcrs, $10; L. J. Eubanks to
Lawrence H. Vickers and wife,
$1,150.
Newport ? Ernest Herbert Bryan
and wife to Windell P. Smith and
wife, $10; H. F. Williams and wife
to Gerald T. Merrill and wife,
$100; Edwin A. Harper and wife
to Fred L- Dorsett and wife, $10;
D. E. Williams and wife to Sammy
Neal Weeks, $100.
White Oak ? Jack H. Byrum and
wife to Gladys Walker, $10; Will
W. Barker and wife to J. C. Bar
ker, $10; Brake J. Taylor and wife
to Mattie T. and Austin Adams,
$10; Louvinia Tootle, et al, to
Clarence Tootle Jr. and wife, $10.
Merrlmon ? William B. Martin,
et al, to Peter F. Carraway, $200,
and L. H Hardy and wife to Jesse
Hardy and wife, $10.
MarkhaUberf? T. C. Smith and
wife to E. C. Laughinghouse, $10,
and Emmet Harris and wife to J.
Morton Davia, $100.
Harlowe ? Joel H. Davis and wife
to C. J. Taylor and wife, $10.
Atlantic ? Lloyd Mason, et al, to
Leona N. Morris, $10.
Truck Farmers Finish
Planting Irish Potatoes
Truck farmers are completing
the planting of irish potatoes. Some
of the larger farmers were still
putting in seed potatoes this week,
but others have finlihed.
Cabbage has been out for several
weeks, but several farmers have
expressed fear that heavy rains
recently hare damaged the young
plants.
Beaufort Regatta
Will Take Place
Sunday, June 3
Beaufort Chamber Board
Sett Date at Meeting
Tuesday Night
Beaufort's summer speedboat re
gatta will take place on Taylor't
Creek Sunday afternoon, June 3.
The date was set Tuesday night at
the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce directors at the cham
ber office on Front Street.
Ray Cummins was named chair
man. On his committee are Clar- j
ence Guthrie and Glenn Adair.
The directors authorized a letter
to be sent to the county commis
sioners endorsing a health center.
Appointed to see the commission
ers about the health center were
Gerald Hill, Norwood Young and
Dr. W. L. Woodard
Glenn Adair reported on maps of
the county and was appointed to a
committee, headed by Ralph Al
bares, to publish a pamphlet and
travel folder on Beaufort. Also on
the committee is Mr. Cummins.
Ads for the brochure will be sold.
Ronald Earl Mason reported on
the small boat launching ramp to
be constructed on Gallants Chan
nel near the Beaufort bridge. He
said Fred McDaniel had been em
ployed to do the dredging and the
ramp should be ready in about two
months.
The sign designating the spot is
being painted. The sign at the site
last summer was destroyed by hur
ricanes.
The county tax revaluation pro
gram was discussed but no action
taken.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were Dan
forth Hill, Odell Merrill, Holden
Ballou, William Roy Hamilton, Hal
sey Paul, and Miss Pat Springle,
secretary.
Judge Puts Costs
On T. E. Still
Tommy E. Still was assessed
costs (or speeding 65 miles per
hour by Judge Herbert O. Phillips
in Morehead City Recorder's Court
Monday.
A previous entry of forfeiture of
bond against Still was stricken
from the court records.
Costs were assessed against Pri
mo Canarie Batts, overloading; Oc
tavio Faffaele Siclare, failing to
stop at a stop sgin. and Anthony
fngallinella, expired New York
registration.
fngallinella will be remitted one
half costs provided he presents a
valid license plate and registration
to the court within two weeks.
Half-costs were assessed against
Julian V. Waters, no 1956 tags;
Mrs. Robert Seamon, failing to dis
play license plates, and Ernest
Snowxlen Holland, expired Cali
fornia license plates.
Cases were continued against
William Arthur Webb, Wliliam Eu
gene Hall, Edgar Taylor, Carl Sad
ler, Paul Michael WUhelm, and
Clyde Turner.
Tractor Trailer,
Car Smash Up
A tractor trailer and automobile
collided at 10:30 Tuesday night on
the Merrimon Road, but neither
driver was hurt. Denby Abbott,
Richmond, Va., driver of the trac
tor trailer, was charged with reck
less driving and driving drunk.
Driver of the car, a 1953 Chevro
let, was Willie Lee Murray, who
lives on the Merrimon road.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman W. E. Plckard, both vehi
cles were going south. The Chev
rolet was sttempting to turn left
snd the tractor trailer tried to pass
at that time.
Both ended up in the left-hand
ditch with the right front of the
tractor trailer inside the car.
Abbott told the highway patrol
man after the accident that he
"was headed for Charleston." He
pleaded guilty to both counts
sgainst him In County Recorder's
Court yesterdsy.
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25 Years as Postmistress
Mrs. Guy Carraway in February
celebrated her 25th anniversary as
postmistress at Merrimon. She is
shown above, seated at the roll
top desk in the postoffice which
is located at the rear of her home
Now 65 years of age, Mrs. Car
raway succeeded her husband's
step-mother, Mrs. E. F. Carraway,
as postmistress. Born at South Ri
ver, the happy-go-lucky Merrimon
postmistress is the former Bessie
Wallace.
She attended high school at Win
terville and later married Guy Car
raway They have three sons, Glenn
of San Diego, Calif., Edwin, who
lives at home; Rufus of Edenton;
| and a daughter, Hilda, wife of
I Howard Walton, who lives in
Miami, *Fla. Their grandchildren
number six.
The postoffice building was the
former kitchen and dining room
to the old Carraway home. In ad
dition to the sign, Merrimon P. O.,
in front of the Carraway home,
the American flag, flying high on
a pole, denotes that Merrimon's
postoffice is located there.
Mrs. Carraway is affectionately
known as "Miss Bessie" by both
colored and white who visit her
regularly for letters and packages.
Highway 70 Association
To Ballot for Officers
Ballots to elect officers of The
Highway 70 Association of North
Carolina have been sent to all
members of the group, J. A. Du
Bois, president, announced yester
day.
The Highway 70 organization,
not to be confused with the All
Seashore Highway Association, was
organized last year to promote the
use of Highway 70 which runs
from the coast of North Carolina
to the western boundary.
Present officers in addition to
Mr. DuBois, are Mayor Joe P. Hen
derson, Hot Springs, vice-president
moyjxtam area; Tom P. Pe^ce, Sal
isbury, vice-president Piwlmont
arGfl; Norwood Young, Beaufort,
vice-president coastal area; Ben Al
ford, Morehead City, secretary, and
Charles L. McCullers, Kinston,
treasurer.
Candidates Listed
The full list of eandidates for
the different offices include the
present officers plus the follow
ing: Mrs. Edith Gibbs, Black Moun
tain; Joe Mason, Sea Level; Mrs.
Lucy H. Coltrane, Smithfield; Max
R. Steelman, Hickory; Kenneth
Hoyle, Thomasville
John G. Riddick, Goldsboro;
Mrs. Genevieve E. Bell, Clayton;
Herbert G. Bailey, Greensboro;
George P. Arrington, New Bern;
Lester Rose, Raleigh; Frank A.
Pierson, Durham; George R. Col
clough, Burlington; Gerald M. Sny
dor, Old Fort.
Richard K. Degenhardt, Ashe
See HIGHWAY, Page 6
Jaycees to Send
Group to Town
Board Meeting
Beaufort Jaycees voted it their
meeting Monday night to send a
delegation to the Beaufort town
board to discuss the condition of
town streets, especially Broad
Street, and to discuss with the
commiuioners the tax revaluation
program.
Appointed to the street commit
tee were Ronald Earl Mason and
Ralph Albares.
Jack McManus was named chair I
man of the Teen-Age Road-e-o, a
national Jaycee safe-driving pro
ject. Other members of his com
mittee are Charles Chappell and
Daniel Lipman.
Kepori uiven
Danforth Hill reported that 165
radio commercials were sold to 35
businessmen for Jaycee Radio Day.
Proceeds, totaling $292 will go into
the Jaycee treasury, with the ex
ception of $25 which will go to
the radio station.
Mr. Mason spoke on a health
center proposed for the county
and the Jaycees decided to adopt
the center's establishment as a pro
ject for 1956. Appointed to the
health center committee were
John Jones, Ray Cummins, Mr.
Mason and Mr. Albares.
James Steed proposed that the
town undertake a special celebra
tion of its founding in the year
1960.
Proposals Made *
Mr. Albares proposed that the
club conduct a money-raising pro
ject and a membership drive. The
club approved a membership drive
and Mr. Albares and Mr. Mason
were named to a committee to
plan a money raising project.
Vice-President Danforth Hill
presided in the absence of the
prlsident, Tommy Potter. Jesse
Taylor and Bill Tickle were visi
tors.
The business meeting followed
a supper of barbecue, baked beans,
cole slaw, hush puppies and apple
pie and ice cream. The Jaycees
met at the Scout building.
30 Livestock Producers
Attend Newport Meeting
Thirty swine and beef cattle pro
ducers attended the meeting Tues
day night in the vocational agri
culture department at Newport
School.
Speakers were Jack Kelley and
James Patterson, extension animal
husbandry specialists from State
College, who gave information on
feeding, management and market
ing of beef cattle and hogs.
Mor?htod City Firemen
Answer Two Alarms
Morehead City firemen answered
two alarms this week. No damage
was earned by either fire.
Wedneaday afternoon at 2 p.m.
firemen ware railed to the home
of Charles Krnuse, 1401 Evans St..
?here a stove overheated, and
Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. they
extinguished a brush fire at 18th
and Bridges Street!.
The firemen stated that the fire
alarm signal blew frequently Tues
day beeause the system grounded
out. The town wasn't burning
down. ;
There are about 6.600 bison in
the United States.
Reynolds & Co.
Mnaken
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