CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
45th YEAR, NO. 19. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MORE READ CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY^
Odell Merrill Fills Position
On Board of Commissioners
Governor Says
Lack of Money
Poses Problem
Emeritus Civic Club ,
Gets Reply to Letter
On Mosquito Control
Gov. Luther Hodges, iv\ reply to
a letter written him recently by
the Emeritus Civic Club, Morehead
City, said that money is not avail
able to undertake a mosquito con
trol program of the size carried
out by the federal government in
this state last fall.
The Emeritus Club requested the
governor to support the start of an
early spraying program to combat
mosquitoes this summer.
The governor's reply follows:
February 28, 1956.
Mr. T. Bartlett Sage,
The Emeritus Civic Club,
Morehead City, N. C.
Dear Mr. Sage;
Thank you for your letter of Feb
ruary 22 regarding mosquito con
trio. We are working to complete
the study on this, and as I told
many people from your section, I
doubt if we will get the kind of
work done on this project as we
did last year because we received
over $200,000 from the Federal
Government because of the infesta
tion of mosquitoes caused by hur
ricanes. We do not have that kind
of money now either locally or in
the State, but I promise you we
will do the best we can.
I am interested in the Emeritus
Civic Club. Could you tell us a lit
tle bit about it, how it was organ
ized, how many members, etc.? As
you know, I announced publicly
some months ago that I would like
to see State-wide organizations of
these clubs, and I would like to
we the member* offer themselves
for service to their State and Local
Governments.
* Sincerely your*.
Luther H. Hodges
? Odell Merrill, Beaufort, was*
sworn in as a county commissioner
yesterday morning, succeeding E.
H. Potter, Beaufort, who has re
signed.
Commissioner Potter, who has
been ill for some time, said in a
letter to the board that he enjoyed
serving as commissioner and ex
tended best wishes to the board
for their successful operation on
behalf of the county.
Moses Howard, chairman of the
board, expressed his regret at Mr.
Potter's resignation, saying he was
"an able man and highly respect
ed."
The board requested the clerk,
Irvin W. Davis, to write a letter i
to Mr. Potter thanking him for his |
service. Mr. Howard welcomed 1
Commissioner Merrill and invited '
him "to speak up at any time." |
Delegation Appears
Five residents of Otway ap !
peared before the board and asked j
that a community road, half a mile '
long at Otway, be paved. The del- 1
egation consisted of Mrs. Loretta
Lawrence, Walter Lawrence, T. P.
Lawrence, Elijah D. Lawrence and
Alonza Taylor.
The petitioners said that the
county board had accepted a peti
tion to improve the road two
years ago, but nothing has been
done. J. L. Humphrey, county sup
erintendent of roads, said the road
is passable. The board agreed to
ask the highway commission to sur- 1
vcy the road with a view to paving
it.
John B. Willis appeared before
the board with a written statement
saying that his son, John Jr., has
been unable to work for eight
years and therefore would like to
be relieved of poll tax. The state
ment attesting to John Willis Jr.'s
incapacities was written by Dr. S.
W. Hatcher, Morchead City. Willis
was exempted.
Alvah Hamilton, town attorney,
presented a letter from Fernie
Yeomans Jr., requesting that he
be reimbursed $49.60 in taxes that
he paid on a car given him by the
Veterans Administration.
Yeomans said that the car is
not taxable and he has had it
since 1049. The commissioners re
See BOARD, Page 5
Too Low' Bid Complicates
Jail Building Program
. Judgmentslssued
In Civil Cases
Three judgments were recently
filed in the office of the clerk of
Superior Court, Beaufort.
In the case of the First-Citizens
Bank and Trust Co. vs. Inez Go
dette, the plaintiff took a volun
tary non-suit In the ease of El
gin National Watch Co. vs. Wel
don Jewelers, action was dismissed
and the plaintiff taxed with costs.
James Henry Green agreed to
voluntary non-tuit in his case
against Loumizer T. Green.
In a story appearing in Friday's
paper on judgments issued, one
paragraph should have read as fol
lows: "Because controversy be
tween the parties was settled, the
case of A. B Roberta, R. W. Free
' man, and T. J. Thomas, trading as
Freeman Wholesale Co., vs. T. B.
piner, was dismissed."
The case was settled in August
but was just recently entered on
the court record. The words, "vs.
T. B. Piner" were inadvertently
omitted in Friday's report. THE
NEWS-TIMES regrets the error.
Orchestra Will
Play for Shrine
Club Dinner Dance
Buddy Blair and His Orchestra
will provide the music and floor
show at the Carteret Shrine Club
dinner dance Friday night at Cap
tain Bill's Waterfront Restaurant,
Morehead City.
The fried chicken dinner will be
served from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. when
dancing will start.
Sheriff Hugh Salter, Beaufort,
president of the club, said all Mas
ter Masons are invited and each
Shrlner and Master Mason may
bring a guest couple.
The affah- la informal. Proceeds
will go to the Crippled Children's
Hospital.
Tickcts may be obtained at the
sheriff's office in the courthouse,
? from any Shriner, or reservations
may be made with Captain Bill.
President Salter asks that all reaer
vations be made by tomorrow.
Cltalc Saturday.
The orthopedic clinic wiH be held
at the Morehead City Hocpital an
nex from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday.
t
> Another obstacle has arisen in
plans to build a new county jail.
According to information pre
sented at the county board meet
ing yesterday by Robert Stephens,
architect, W. C. Flowers, Beaufort,
the contractor who submitted the
low bid of $50,840, said that he
underbid by $5,000.
Mr. Stephens pointed out that
it could not be determined whe
ther Mr. Flowers would reject the
job until the contract is offered
him.
Even if the contract were of
fered, Mr. Stephens said, the cost
of building the jail, using all low
bida, would be $82,000 and that
exceeds the amount available by
$12,000.
He said if $10,000 more could
be found somewhere, the work
could probably be completed for
$80,000 The county auditor, James
Potter, said there isn't $10,000
available.
The county borrowed $70,000
during the past year to put up the
jail. Mr. Potter said. "We've got
$70,000 and that's all."
The architect said that either
the $10,000 would have to be
found or plans for a smaller jail
be drawn.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk
suggested that the Flowers bid be
accepted on building construction,
but the Flowers bid on jail equip
ment be rejected.
It was agreed that the jail com
mittee, consisting of Mr. Potter,
Commissioner Harrcll Taylor and
Sheriff Hugh Salter meet at 10
Friday morning to make a decision.
When they arrive at a decision,
they will present their recommen
dation to the county board at ?
call meeting within 30 days from
the date the bids were opened.
Two Cars Collide
Friday at Morehead
A 1952 Ford driven by Anderson
Henderson, Morehead City, collided
with a 1948 Chevrolet driven by
Gladys Cox Willis, Beaufort, at 9th
and Evans Streets in Morehead
City at 1:10 p.m. Friday, police re
port.
Henderson reported that he waa
going west on Evans when the
Willis vehicle came out of 9th
Street headed north and he was
unable to stop.
Damage of $150 to the left bump
er and fender of the Henderson
vehicle and $75 damage to the
right fender of the Willis car was
estimated by Sgt. Joe Smith, who
investigated the collision.
Search of Shrimp
In Deep Offshore
Wafers Begins
The first phase of exploration
for deep-water shrimp in offshore
waters south of Cape Hatteras got
underway Wednesday when the
M/V Pellican left Jacksonville,
Fla.
The Pellican's first area of ex
ploration is in the Cape Canaveral
to St. Augustine waters. For the
first two days the Pelican went
through shakedown operations in
shallow waters but from now on
dragging will be confined to depths
of 100 to 300 fathoms.
Gear to be used will be 40-foot
flat trawls and 10-foot beam
trawls.
The Pelican, a 74-foot steel hull
shrimper under charter from Gulf
Caribbean Seafoods Inc., has been
specially rigged for deep water
trawling with the installation of
a Hathaway winch holding 800 fa
thoms of warp, and stern davits.
The exploration for deep-water
shrimp is a phase of the South
Atlantic Fisheries Exploration Pro
gram financed by federal funds.
The work is being carried out un
der supervision of the Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Exploration of the continental
shelf (inside 100 fathoms) was re
cently begun by the Fish and Wild
life Service's M/V George M. Bow
ers.
Republicans
Meet Friday
Republicans throughout the na r
tion swung into action last Wed
nesday, the minute they knew Ike
was willing to run. Carteret Coun
ty Republicans were no exception.
Stalwarts of the GOP gathered in
the courthouse Friday night to
draft plans for coming political
battles.
They decided that the Republi
can Executive Committee shall
meet Saturday, March 17, to nom
inate candidates for county office
and to set the date for a county
Republican Convention in April.
Members appointed to the coun
ty executive committee were Elmo
Wade, Williston, Delmas Lewis,
Marshallberg; W. A. Mace, Beau
fort; Luther Smith, Atlantic; Carl
Willis. Markers Island; A. L. Wil
son, Newport; and Elmer Willis,
Davis.
Luther Smith was elected to Ihe
state executive committee. Plans
to name candidates for the offices
of county representative to the
legislature, coroner and surveyor
were deferred, pending action by
the executive committee in March.
Robert K. Montague, chairman
of the Republican committee, pre
sided. He appointed a committee
to meet with him to nominate a
new chairman. Committee mem
bers are Elmer Willis, Davis; Cla
rence Lewis, Stacy; Leland Peter
son, John Miller and Richard
Smith, all of Beaufort.
Speaker at the meeting was
Deems Clifton, Clinton, a member
of the state legislature in 1947.
He was Introduced by Claud R.
Wheatly Jr., Beaufort.
Osborne Davis served as secre
tary. Approximately 30 persons at
tended.
Smyrna PTA Raises $257
At Seafood Supper
The Smyrna PTA railed approx
imately $257.50 at a seafood sup
per and square dance Saturday
night at the school building.
Following the seafood supper,
which was served in the school
cafeteria, a square dance was held.
Music was furnished by Laurie
Willis. Hilton Willis, Cecil Willis,
all of Williston. and Charles Davis
of Harkers Island.
The money will be used for im
provements in the school lunch
room.
Tldei at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, March t
3:29 a.m.
3:92 p.m.
0:M a.m.
10:02 p.m.
Wednesday, March 7
4:26 a.m.
4:48 p.m.
10:48 a.m.
10:57 p.m.
Thursday, March S
3:17 a.m.
3:38 p.m.
11:35 a.m.
11:48 p.m.
Friday, March >
6:03 a.m.
6:24 pro.
12:18 p.m.
Low Grain Freight Rates Will Go
Into Effect Unless ICC Acts Today
Coroner's Jury Orders
James Housman Held
Grades 1-8 Get
Polio Vaccine
In Craven County
Under the federal program for
the administration of polio vac
cine, all children through the
eighth grade will receive inocula
tions in Craven County.
This information was reported
this week by Mrs. John Tooley,
Havelock, co - chairman of the
Craven County March of Dimes.
She said the vaccine was being
distributed in Craven County on
the basis of 30 per cent to doctors
and 70 per cent to the county
health department. This is the re
verse of the distribution arrange
ment in Carteret County.
Mrs. Tooley emphasized that the
vaccinations are given under the
federal program. March of Dimes
personnel are interested in how the
vaccine is distributed because
March of Dimes funds financed re
search which brought discovery of
the vaccine.
Mrs. Tooley told a NEWS TIMES
reporter, "I understand you're hav
ing trouble getting enough vaccine
for the children in your county
through the public health pro
gram." She expressed satisfaction
with the procedure being followed
in Craven County.
Co^hairman with Mm. Tooley in
the Craven County March of Dimes
was Bill Flowers, New Bern.
Driver Cited
After Wreck
William R. Cole, Cove City, has
been charged with driving drunk
and hit and run by Carlton Gar
ner, assistant police chicf of Beau
fort.
Cole, driving a 1955 Studebakcr,
struck a 1948 Chevrolet owned by
Mathcw Owens. The Owens car
was parked in front of Mr. Owens
home at 125 Ann St. at 10:15 pin.
Saturday night.
After striking the Owens vehicle
Cole continued west and was ap
prehended near Machine and Sup
ply Co. on the west side of the
Beaufort Bridge.
Damage was estimated at be
tween $500 and $600 to the Owens
vehicle. No estimate was made of
damage on Cole's car.
In five minutes a coroner's
jury decided Friday night
that Sgt. James R. Housman,
USMC, Newport, should be
held for grand jury action.
The jurors, after hearing tes
timony at an inquest in the
Beaufort town hall, said that
Housman's 4-week-old son
died as the result of blows to
the body.
The baby died in the Camp Le
jeunc Hospital Saturday, Feb. 25.
Authorities say that death came as
a result of the father's striking the
baby because it was crying. The
father is being held under $5,000
bond.
Sergeant Housman, a lanky,
blond youth, appeared at the in
quest but did not testify. He seem
ed nervous, sitting slouched down
in a seat beside SB1 Agent John
Edwards. During most of the testi
mony he rested his chin on his
hand and looked at witnesses from
under lowered eyelids.
District Solicitor Robert Rouse,
Greenville, questioned witnesses.
At the close of the inquest, Mr
Rouse asked Sergeant Housman if
he had a lawyer. Housman shook
his head.
"Do you want me to appoint one
for you?" the. solicitor asked.
Housman seemed to choke up
and rubbed his hand over his eyes.
When no answer was forthcoming,
the solicitor said, "Well I think the
state will just go ahead and ap
point an attorney for him."
Sheriff Hugh Salter said yester
day that Housman was in the coun
ty jail. The sheriff proposes to ask
that Housman be given a psychi
atric examination.
The inquest was conducted in the
courtroom of the town hall rather
than at the courthouse because a
Republican meeting was being h ; 1
at the courthouse.
Mm. King Testifies
The first witness was Mrs. June
King, a young woman with curly
blonde hair, who said she lived in
an apartment in the home of Mrs.
Cora McCain. She said the Hous
mans also lived in an apartment in
(he same house.
Suffering from laryngitis, Mrs.
King could not talk above a whis
per. Her testimony was taken by
the recorder, Mrs. Doris Smith,
who then read the testimony back.
Mrs. King said that on Wednes
day, Feb. she and her girlfriend
were in th> Ung apartment "and
wc heard him (oergeant Housman)
hollering at the babies because
they would not go to sleep." The
Housmans have an 11 month-old
See INQUEST, Page 2
T own Summer Recreation
Program to Open June 4
Fred Lewis, chairman of the ?
Morchcad City recreation program,
has announced that the summer
program will open Monday, June 4.
Mr. Lewis said:
"The following program will be
submitted for approval at the next
meeting of the recreation commis
sion:
"White: Mrs. Mammie Taylor
(ages 6, 7, 8, and B mornings and
ages 10 up afternoona), Mr. Ralph
Wade (band mornings and out-of- ,
door activities afternoons), Mr.
Fred G. Lewis, director and, indoor
activities mornings and afternoons,
Rodney Nelson, assistant in all ac
tivities.
"Colored: John Richard Thomp
son. director and (a lady aasistant
to be employed).
"The entire program will include
activities that have been used dur
ing the past summers. These will
include band, badminton, table ten
nis, carpet golf, ahuffle board,
archery, tennis, volley-ball, basket
ball. soft-ball, croquet, horse shoes,
various jumps in pit, table games,
reading centers, and children's
games director by Mrs. Taylor.
"The junior band will receive in
struction mornings and the aenior
band on Wednesday evenings. Sev
eral out-of-door concerts will be
given during the summer.
"As in the past, contests in all
activities win be held and prizes
given to the winners."
Tonnage l>
Commercial tonnage on tha in
land waterway was up 113,000 tons
in 1(59 from IBM.
Driver Escapes
Injury Friday
Mrs. Ed Shields, Morehead City,
miraculously escaped injury at 8:25
Friday morning when the car she
was driving upset on the Fort Ma
con Road near the Club Colony
Road intersection.
Mrs. Shields was returning from
taking her husband to work at the
Coast Guard Station when she lost
control of the car and it upset.
She was driving a convertible.
See* Accident
Lt. Robert Davis, USCG, More
head City, was approaching the
Shields car and saw the accident.
He said the car was not going
fast. He described it as Jumping
once to one side and then to the
other a few inches and then going
off the road.
The lieutenant said the rear
tires were smooth and they may
have begun to apln, causing the
driver to lose control. The car
landed on its top.
Let ItG?
Mrs. Shield! said that when she
felt it going, she didn't try to pull
it back. She was trapped in the
car and could not be gotten out
until a wrecker arrived.
Lieutenant Davis went to the
Texaco Service station at the in
tersection of the Fort Macon and
beach roads to summon help.
Board Endorses
State Rivers,
Harbors Projects
The county board of commission
ers yesterday passed a resolution
endorsing the Rivers and Harbors
program for North Carolina and
also set wheels in motion for ex
penditure of the $281,000 in Civil
Defense funds to be spent for re
pair of hurricane damage.
The Rivers and Harbors pro
gram was presented by Gene
Smith, Beaufort, who is a mem
ber of the state Rivers and Har
bors delegation.
He listed the projects proposed
for this county, which includc
stabilization of the outer banks
and drainage of four rivers which
flood.
Mr. Smith said that North Caro
lina is requesting only a fraction
of 1 per cent of the $422 million
dollars worth of Rivers and Har
bors projects proposed.
He suggested that the county
board's resolution be sent to both
United States senators and Con
gressman Barden. Commissioner
Harrell Taylor requested that a
long overdue project at Sea Level
be included in the proposal.
Gray Hassell explained to the
board the procedure to be fol
lowed in getting the work done
with the Civil Defense funds ap
propriated last week. Mr. Hassell
was given authority to proceed
with the wofk. James D. Potter
was appointed agent for the coun
ty.
Firemen to Meet
At Davis Tonight
Members of the Down East Fire
Department will meet at 7:30 to
night at the community building,
Davis. Plans to meet tonight and
the first Tuesday of each month
were made at a recent meeting of
the board of directors.
Walter Mason, Atlantic, has been
named chief of the fire depart
ment. Other officers are Ralph
Gaskill. assistant chief; Elmo Gaa
kill, captain; Robert Goodwin,
lieutenant; and Joe Mason, secre
tary-treasurer.
Assistants to the chief in the
various communities will be Al
drich Daniels, Sea Level; Doity
Gaskill, Stacy; Elbert Pittman,
Davis; and Monroe Gaskill, Cedar
Ialand.
Clayton Fulcher Jr. was ap
pointed presiding officer for the
fire department meetings.
Drivers will be William R. Wil
lis, A1 Jones, Gary Morris and
Harry B. Fulcher. The Rev. T. H.
Swafford was named first aid as
sistant.
J. O. Weeks to Serve At
Cedar Point Law Officer
J. O. Weeks has been apponited
constable for the Cedar Point sec
tion of the county.
Weeks was approved by the
county commissioner! yesterday
and will work under the supervi
sion of the sheriff.
New Rates Would Put Port
On Par with Baltimore
New and lower grain freight rates from mid-west ship
ping points to Morehead City will go into effect tomorrow
unless the Interstate Commerce Commission speaks out to
the contrary today.
It is believed, however, that the ICC will let the rates
stand, despite protests by certain eastern railroads, the
uuiuiiiuiu ruKtwiauuu ui v^uni-'
mercc and the Baltimore Chamber I
of Commerce.
The new rates, benefiting the,
Morehead port, were proposed by
Southern Railway System and are
backed by major export grain ship
pers, the North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture and the North
Carolina State Ports Authority.
While no accurate estimate can
be made of the increased volume of
export grain that might move
through Morehead City," a spokes
man for the Southern Railway Sys
tem told THE NEWS-TIMES yes
terday, "the fact that a major grain
shipper is supporting the rate ap
plication before the commission
cortainly seems to indicate an in
terest in using the new rates."
The rates, requested by South
ren Railway and its subsidiary,
Monon Railroad, place Morehead
City in equal position with Balti
more on handling grain from Illi- j
nois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Cin- j
cinnati, Ohio.
'Unequal Distance'
Karl J. Grimm, director of the
traffic and transportation bureau
of Baltimore's Association of Com
merce, said Baltimore's protest is
based on the unequal distance fac
tor. He said the rates under which
Southern wants to operate from
Morehead City, because of the
greater distances involved, would
give Southern and Monon such low
earnings on grain traffic that the
rates would be unlawful under pre
vious ICC rulings.
Baltimore interests say that Bal
timore is 192 miles closer to grain
centers in Illinois, Kentucky. Ohio,
and Indiana than is Morehead City.
They say that earnings in ship
ments to Morehead City would be
less than 5 mills per ton-mile and
the protest petition contends that
the ICC previously has ruled that
earnings of 8.87 mills per ton-mile
arc insufficient.
Helen Delich, Maritime editor of
the Baltimore Sun, in a recent by
line article, said, "Morehead City's
interest in grain is particularly
noteworthy since the small port
does not have a major grain ele
vator ? only what is referred to as
a transfer elevator ? at this time.
New Elevator?
"But if the grain freight charge
is permitted to remain equal to
Baltimore's, a new grain elevator
is in the offing.
"Some grain circles speculate
that if a large elevator is not built
at Morehead City, one will be built
at Norfolk. They seem to think
there is a link between some grain
interests of these two ports ? a
joining of hands to fight Baltimore
on the handling of what is Balti
more's principal export item . . .
"The Morehead City case means
that Baltimore no longer has an
advantage on grain freight costs to
any point since the North Carolina
tariff embraces the Central Freight
Association Territory . .
Baltimore interests say that rail
roads serving north Atlantic ports
have also filed protests with the
ICC against the proposed grain
freight rate into Morehead City.
According to Corps of Engineers
figures, Morehead City shipped
over the inland waterway last year
857 tons of grain.
Baltimore is fighting to maintain
its top spot in the grain exporting
business. The city claims its port
business is "already under poten
tial dire threat" from the St. Law
rence Seaway which will furnish
a waterway from the middle west
to the Atlantic coast.
Director Announces Stage
Crew for Night Must Fall
r ^
Driver Hurt When Car
Turns Over Sunday Night
Rom Goodc. liarlowe, wu ad
mitted to the Morehead City Hoa
pital Sunday night, after the car
he was driving turned over on
Highway 101 two miles south of
Harlowe.
The car, a 1950 Ford, was de
molished, according to State High
way Patrolman W. G. Pickard.
Goodc was headed toward Beau
fort and failed to make a curve.
He waa taken t? the hoapltal in
Bell's ambulance.
Charges againat Goodc are pend
ing.
r Ed watston, director 01 me
Carteret Community Theatre play.
Night Must fall, this week an
nounced members of the stage
crew
They are Rosalind Collcy, stage
manager; Tressa Vickcrs, proper
ties manager; Floyd Stewart, scene
ry; James Lucas, lighting; Walton
Hamilton, sound effects, and Had
die Hamilton and Carolyn James,
prompters.
The play will be presented at 8
p m. Thursday and Friday in the
Morcfrcad City School auditorium.
Profit will go to the play sponsor,
the Morehead City Woman'a Club.
Tickcta are now being sold by
members of the club. They may
|aiao be bought ?t the door.
Chamber Event
To Take Place
At Captain Bill's
The spring membership banquet
and ladies night of the Morehead
City Chamber of Commerce will
be held at Captain Bill's new res
taurant, Morehead City, Thursday,
March 29 at 7 p.m.
Gov. Luther H. Hodges will be
the featured speaker, and the
Morehead City Rotary Club, the
Morehead City Jaycces, the More
head City Lions Club and the
Emeritus Civic Club with their
wives will attend in groups.
Some of the guests expected are
William H. Saunders, director of
Conservation and Development;
John D. Larkins Jr.. chairman of
the State Democratic Committee;
Maynard L. Hicks, highway com
missioner; Col. R. L. Hill, district
engineer, and Col. Richard Marr,
director of State Ports Authority.
Space for the banquet is lim
ited to 350 or 375 persons. No tic
kets will be sold at the door.
Tickets are available at the
Chamber of Commerce office in
Morehead City.
Beaufort Band
To Enter Festival
The Beaufort School band will
travel to Greenville Friday to com
pete in the district band contest
festival at East Carolina College.
Beaufort will be one of IS bands
competing for ratings of superior,
excellent, good, average or below
average, and will be judged on
tone, expression or interpretation,
technical accuracy, appearance and
general effectiveness.
The Beaufort aggregation is en
tered in Grade 3 music, which,
while not difficult, requires a
great deal of practice and hard
work to play musically and as near
flawlessly as possible, according
to Q. Franklin Jones Jr., band di
rector.
The band will leave by bus at
7:30 Friday morning and will play
at McGinnis Auditorium at 1:25
that afternoon, and will return to
Beaufort the same day.
Judges for the competition are
Donald E. Hayes, East Carolina
College; Hans Karl Piltx, Women's
College University of North Caro
olina, and Edmond Durham, ECC.
Insurer Makes
Suggestion
At the recent meeting of the
Morehead City Town Board. H. S.
Gibbs Jr. of the firm, Chalk and
Gibbs, recommended that the
town's mobile equipment, truck*
and garbage packers, be better
equipped.
He commented that several min
or accidents during the past year
could have been avoided if trucks
had had ail necessary parts work
ing.
Ted Garner, police commission
er, said he would ask the police
chief to inspect town equipment
regularly.
Mr. Gibbs, also representing the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce, requested the town to pay
its share of advertising with the
General Outdoor Advertising Co.
Bills had been accumulating, he
said, for Morehead City ads on
billboards west of here.
The town board said it waj no
longer obligated to pay any por
tion of the bill since a resolution
was adopted when the current
budget was made, stating that the
town would no longer participate
in advertising programs.
Mayor George Dill said such par
ticipation by the town was illegal
anyway.
AAUW to Meet
The Bcaufort-Morehead branch
of the American Association of
University Women will meet at ?
Friday night in the civic renter,
Morehead City.