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Engineers to Open BidsToday On Dredging at Ocracoke Jaycee Pageant Committee Meets I.uther Lewis and Claries Wil- ( lis, co-chairmen of the Miss North j Carolina Pageant to he held in I More head Cily July 26 28. presided ? at a meeting of pageant committee | chairmen Thursday night at the , Hotel Fort Macon. Mr. Willis announced that Bill Norwood, innouncer on WNCT-TV, Greenville, will act as master of ceremonies for the pageant. Under discussion were the num ber of programs to be printed and letters to be sent to all Jaycee clubs in the state interested in sending contestants. The group voted to have 2.000 programs printed, and bids will be asked from printing companies throughout this area by Floyd Chadwick, program chairman. * Information on sending publi city on the pageant to newspapers, radio and TV stations throughout the state was presented by Hal Shapiro. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned, were L. Ct Dunn, James Macy, Paul Cor dova. Russ Willan. Jerry Willis. Frank Cassiano, Bob Davis. Coop er Hamilton and Dr. Russell Out law. Two Ships Will Arrive At Morehead This Week Two ships will arrive at More head City port this week to load general cargo and sail for South America. The ships are the M/S Frederika, a Swedish freighter, which will ar rive here from New York tomor row, and the M/V Montevideo, a Norwegian freighter which will ar rive Friday. The Paranagua, a Swedish freighter, loaded general cargo over the weekend, and sailed Sun day. Agents and stevedores for the vessel are Heide and Co., More head City. The Frederika will probably sail Wednesday or Thursday and the Montevideo will probably sail Sun day. ? Bids will bo opened at WiIming-4 Ion today on extensive dredging work in the Ocracoke area. According to Army Engineers. the dredging will be a three phase one-contract job: restoring Silver Lake Harbor to 10 feet, Wain wright Slough Channel to 7 feet, and Wallace Channel opposite Ocracokc Inlet to 12 feet. Work is expected to begin 20 days from todw. Bids will be open ed at 10:30 tnls morning at the Corps of Engineers' office. Gerig Finishes The engineer dredge Geriig com pleted a million -cubic-yard main tenance dredging job in the Beau fort Inlet bar channel Wednesday and is now on similar work in the Cape Fear bar channel at South port. ? P. M. Snell. head of the Corps of Engineers District Construction Di vision. Wilmington, say s the Beau fort Inlet Channel is in "excellent shape" with all markers in correct locations and the water depth at 30 feet (plus 2 feet overdepth) and 400 feet wide in the outer channel and 300 feet wide in the gorge. Normally. Mr. Snell explains, the volume ol dredging would be much less but Hurricanes Connie. Diane and lone last year built above-aver age shoals in the channel. Hardens Inlet In other activities, the Dredge Savannah (Norfolk Dredging Co.) will begin work on Bardens Inlet (Back Sound to Lookout Bight) tomoiTow. The Savannah will move to the area lrom entrance channel dredging at Oriental. Bardens In- ; let. now 5 feet deep by 50 feet wide, will be increased to 7 feet , deep by 100 feet wide. The Dredge Atkinson began Fri day to remove shoals in the Atlan tic Intracoastal Waterway at Swans boro. This is the first phase of work covering the route from that point to Little River, S. C. Invitations for bids will go out today for some 140.000 cubic yards of dredging at Stumpy Point and Far Creek at Engelhard. The Stumpy Point Channel will be re stored to 7 feet deep and 75 feet wide. At Engelhard it will be 7 feet by 60 feet. An overdepth of 2 feet will be dredged at both points. Bids for this combined job are scheduled to be opened March 20 with work to begin within 20 days thereafter. 300 Hear Symphony Friday Night at Beaufort School Approximately 300 persons at tended the annual concert of the North Carolina Little Symphony Friday night at the Beaufort School auditorium. Directing the orchestra was Dr. Benjamin Swalin. The featured so loist was Mary Jennings, soprano The program consisted of Over ture to the Opera, The Merry Wives of Windsor by Nicolai; Sym phony No. 92, in G Major by Haydn; Valse Triste, Sibelius; Clear Track, Strauss; Roumanian Dances, Bartok. Ballet music from the opera William Tell, Rossini; overture to the opera 11 Signor Bruschino, Rossini; and as encores Tales from the Vienna Woods; Traumerel and Dixie. Miss Jennings sang the aria from Deities of the Styx from Alceste by Gluck; Ballatella, AW Ye Birds Without Number from Pagliacci by Leoncavallo; Porgi Amor from the Marriage of Figaro by Mozart; Awakening by Golde, and as an encore Summertime from Por&y and Bess by Gershwin. Beaufort Firemen Go On Resuscitator Call Beaufort firemen answered a re suscitator call at the Virgil Wool ard residence on Live Oak Street Saturday morning at 8:55 a.m. The Woolard's young baby had fallen on the floor and knocked itself out. The baby was conscious by the time firemen arrived and was all right. Free China reports its popula tion Is now more than 10 million. LOSES i -?5rr^ \ I Cooking's a Joy whan you use PmOFA_Jt Gas. You gel insfant. even heal ... from low simmer to full boll ... plus accurately controlled oven haaL Coma in and gel ali the facts about this iasler. cleaner, more depends)^ more economical fuel J Bvmmtot 10TTLQ) OAS fcrrfca PORT CITY GAS CO. Highway 70 Phmw ?-4380 Night* mi lMMayi ?-19M M? i ? ? . ? ? Agents Conduct 4-H Programs Leaders of the County 4 H pro gram art Mr?. Floy Garner, home agem. ami k. m. Williams county | agent. Assisting the county agent in t h e 4 H pro gram, which in- , eludes 399 boys, i s Harry Ven ters. Mrs. Gar- ? nor conducts the Mr?- "?* """" program for the girls which has an enrollment of 520 Until Ja'nuary, A1 C. Newsome, who is now working in Gates Coun ty, was in charge of the hoys' 4-H program as assistant county agent. (Editor's Note: See section 2 for special stories and pictures on 4-H work in the county. R. M. Williams Baptist Church Will Conduct Revival March 12-18 Revival services will be held in the First Baptist Church, Beau fort, March 12-18. The Rev. Doug las Aldrich, pastor of the Forrest Hills Baptist Church, Raleigh, will be the guest evangelist. Services will begin each evening, Monday through Sunday, ft 7:30. Special music will be provided by The Rev. Douglas Aldrich . . . from Raleigh the three choirs. The ehurch's pal tor, the Rev. W. T. Roberson, will lead the music. Mr. Aldrich is one of North Carolina's most sought - after preachers, Mr. Roberson said. He is popular as a preahcer among college students and other youth groups, in addition to being an evangelist. Mr. Aldrich is on the program of the Southern Baptist Convention this year in Kansas City. "Beaufort is extremely for tunate to engage this busy young preacher," Mr. Roberson comment ed. "The public is cordially invited to attend these special services," he added. Application Rejected The application filed by Atlantic Beach of Civil Defense funds has been rejected again, Gray Hassell, county engineer, reported yester day. Other county applications have been approved. Port Calendar M/S Frtrferika? Due Wednes day at Morehead City port to load up with general cargo. Em New OriMBt? Due Wed nesday at Esso Standard Ter minal with gasoline and fuel oil from Baytown, Texas. M/V Montevideo ? Norwegian freighter due Friday at Morehead City port to load general cargo. Will sail Sunday. ??OWN LAMnUtOfclU nc. OfNMk, K. c. Inquest (Continued from Pagp 1) girl who was also beaten, accord ing to information from the author ities, hut that child has been re leased from the hospital. Mrs. King continued, "That night I had a headache and had taken a sedative. loiter my girlfriend woke fne up on account of she heard a noise She asked if someone was knocking an the door and 1 said. No, it's in the Housman apart ment.' And again in a few minutes we heard him hollering at the babies." Under questioning by the solici tor. Mrs. King described the noise. She said, "It sounded like licks be ing passed and two babies crying, j hen the noise ceased." When asked if she heard Ser geant Housman say anything, the witness replied, "He was cursing and swearing at the babies. He was hollering awfully loud that night." Rabies Asleep She continued, "I saw the babies the next morning when I went to ask him if he was going to take the babies out to my girlfriend's. The babies were asleep on the bed at the time and I didn't go around to look at them." Mrs. King said she didn't see the children again until 3 o'clock that day, Thursday, Feb. 23. She testi fied, "My girlfriend came to where I work and said the babies were black and blue, so I took off ana went home. "When we got there, he (Hous man) had the older baby in the car and I went on up in the apart ment and saw the youngest baby. He was black and blue. I told Jim that we ought to take him to the doctor's. So we took him to Cherry Point." Baby Examined She told the solicitor that she didn't know who examined the baby, but she thought it was a Dr. Williams. She said that the doctor told them to take the child home but if it started "throwing up or any changes take place, bring him back." Mrs. King said Sergeant Hous man was with her at that time and they then took the baby home where they put him to bed. She said that she next saw the baby on Friday in the afternoon. Mrs. King continued, "Jim came down to where I work at the clean ers and said the baby was having convulsions. We took the baby to Dr. Hatcher in Morehead City. He examined it and called Cherry Point and Cherry Point said to take the baby to the hospital at Camp Lejeune." Doctor Testifies Mrs. King left the stand and the next witness called by Coroner Les lie D. Springle was Dr. Peter W. Snyder, a commander in the Navy stationed at Camp Lejeune. He said he was in his quarters when he was called to examine the baby at 8 Friday night. He explain ed that he was a pediatrician, a child specialist. Dr. Snyder said, "When I first saw the child I was aware that it was convulsing." He said there were "bruises across the chest, ab domen, left flank and a small area j of bruising on the back." I When asked what type of brain injury the child was suffering from, he said, "Contusion of the brain as a result of convulsive dis I order." The doctor continued, "We at tempted to treat the child in the recommended manner and I left the hospital at 10:30 that evening. During the night it continued to convulse." He said that a neurosurgeon also saw the child and they both agreed on the diagnosis and that the child was seriously ill. The baby was given sedatives in an atiempt to control the convulsing, but it con tinued to convulse, according to the witness. He said that he was called again at 2 p.m. when the child had just had another convulsion "and had expired." Dr. Snyder said death was caused by a "cerebral con tusion," or in simple language bruising of the brain. Alter each witness testified, the coroner asked Sergeant Housman if he wished to question the Wit ness and Housman mumbled, "No sir." The next witness, Dr. G. H. Frie dell. a pathologist stationed at Canlp Lejeunc. said he saw the body of the baby on the night of the 15th when Coroner Springle impaneled a jury at Lejeune. Autopsy Performed He described bruises on the baby's body and said that "at the request of the coroner and with the approval of the commanding officer an autopsy was performed. He said the autopsy revealed that the brain was bruised, which caused Internal bleeding and that there were also tears In the tough membranous tissue which holds the brain In place. "Cause of death," Dr. Frledell said, "was undoubted ly due to injury to the brain and its attendant bleeding." Under questioning by the solici tor, he said that the injury waa due "to application of some ex ternal force either directly or in directly." Because of the soft bones in a baby's head, he said It is not easy to say exactly whether the blows were struck there. Maj. C. B. Burch, USMC, the next witness to take the stand, said that he was called In on the c**e prior to the death of the baby. Major Burch Is G-2 investigations offieer. Cherry Point Solicitor Rouse asked Burch to identify Sergeant Housman and the officer pointed to Hons man. Then Civil Defense Director Gives Report On Year's Activities to County Board Col. Harry Brown to Head State's Hurricane Program Col. Harry Brown, Atlanta, Ga.,< ias been appointed to supervise a Tuilti-million dollar program for edttcmtf the effeets of future hur ricanes in North Carolina. Gov. Luther H. Hodges an nounced the appointment Thurs Jay and issued a report describing he program In detail. The governor, who is seeking 520.000.000 in Federal funds to help implement the recommenda tions made by the Council of Civil , Defense with the help of a Citizens Advisory Panel and a Committee on Hurricane Rehabilitation, said suggestions have been sent to Tar Heel Congressmen in Washington. The 64-page report, compiled after a $27,000 study following four destructive hurricanes in 1954 and 1955, proposed the establishment of a special staff, working directly through the office of the governor, to help in guiding and coordinating hurricane protection programs. Colonel Brown, the governor said, has been chosen to take charge of this work. Brown now is assistant adminis trator for operations control ser vices in the Civil Defense office at Battle Creek. Mich. He formerly was regional CD ad ministrator with headquarters in Thomasville, Ga., and be worked 1 closely with North Carolina author ities in disaster relief work follow ing Hurricane Hazel and in help ing municipalities relieve water shortages in 1953 and 1954. Negro News Morehead City Hospital Admitted: On Friday, Mrs. Clyde Alvin George, Havelock; Mrs. Car rie Smith, Beaufort. Discharged: Mr. Exra Quick, Morehead City, Thursday. Births at Morehead City Hospital: To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde George, Havelock, a son, Friday, March 2. The Community Dramatic Club met Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. Mamie Clemmons, A short devotional was led by the hostess after which a birthday party was given in honor of a club member, Mrs. Bessie Mills. Games were played and refresh ments served. Mrs. Mills was pre sented with gifts from each mem ber. Present were Mrs. Naomi Bec ton, Mrs. Clemmons, Mrs. Mamie Fuller, Mrs. Louise Henderson, Mrs. Virginia Horton, Mrs. Beulah Jones, Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Elsie Warnett. A meeting will be held tomor row night at 8 in the home of Mrs. Fuller. The Ladies Home Instruction Club will celebrate its seventh an niversary Thursday night with a meeting at 8:30 at the Anchor Inn, Morehead City. Queen of the South, Order of Eastern Star Chapter No. 208, will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Ma sonic Hall. The senior choir of St. Luke's Baptist Church will ghre a musical program Friday at 8 p.m. in the Christian Stir Church. The public is invited. To Attend Meeting Mrs. Louise Nelson, BeaBfort; Mrs. John T. Fussell Jr., Mdrehead CHy. and Mrj. Enirice PMt, Sea Level, members of the North Car olina Kindergarten Association will attend the meeting of the North Carolina Association for Childhood Education at Woman's College University of North Caro lina, Greensboro, Saturday, March 17. the major read a statement which | he took from Housman at noon Fri day, Feb. 29. The statement, in part, follows: | "My wife was admitted to the sta tion hospital on Wednesday and i) had time off from the base . . about 8:30 p.m. the girl in the crib started crying and the boy on the bed was crying ... I hit the boy first, several times with my hand ... I hit her four or five times and she fell against the crib ... I put alcohol where she hurt her face and put the baby in a crib with ita bottle." When the major left the stand, I the jury filed out. Members of the | jury were Douglas Merrill, t. C. Beam, T. P. Allen, George Broda. Fred Davis and Elmore Da via, fore- 1 Chronic chills it >ot trsttM. <M Creonttfclon quick aftduatttdirected.lt soothes raw throat iM cbtst dMmkruM, till and betps expel amy phlegm. mildly relates ststttnlc teestoa mid aids nature tight the cause of irritation. For children jet milder, taster Crto mulsion lot Children ia the pink aad blue package. Adv. CHEOMUCttON Mrs. W. A. Page Heads New Club i Mrs. W. A. Page was elected president of the Broad Creek Home Demonstration Club at the ( organizational meeting Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Elmo Smith. | Other officers are Mrs. June Ste I wart,' vice-president; Mrs. Gloria Mann, secretary; and Mrs. Merle Hickox, treasurer. The regular club meeting was set for the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Nellie Parker will be hostess at the April meeting. Mrs. Floy Garner, Home Demon stration agent, has announced three club meetings for this week. They are as follows: Tonight, Wildwood Home Dem onstration Club with Mrs. Sam Gar ner at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Pelletier Home Demon stration Club with Mrs. Allen Vin son at 2 p.m. Friday, Bettie Home Demonstra tion Club with Mrs. Harry Gillikin at 7:30 p.m. To assist in the Red Cross drive this month two clubs have appoint ed Red Cross representatives. Mrs. Marvin Pake is serving for the North River Club and Mrs. Leslie Sanders for the Broad Creek Ciub. Typo is a Sin New Ulm, Minn1. (AP) ? One of the entries in a local queen con test listed her hobbies as "sinning, reading and dancing." > Presented to the county com | missionera yesterday by Miss Ruth Peeling, county Civil Defense di rector, was s report on Civil De fense activities in the county dur ing the past year. The report contained the recom mendation that the county pur chase, on the matching fund basis, a 2.500 watt generator, which j would be used in case of emer gency, to operate the county po- j lice system radios. Approximate I cost of the generator, the report said, would be $425. of which Civil Defense would pay half. In the report, the director thanked all individuals, organiza tions, government officials, press and radio for their cooperation in the county Civil Defense program. During the past year, party bout captains have offered use of their boats, should bridges in this area be put out of commission; dock owners in Beaufort, Morehead City and Atlantic Beach agreed to let their docks be used as landing points; buildings were desg mated as "volunteer headquarters" in Beaufort, Morehead City and New port, should disaster strike. In an emergency feeding pro gram, civic organizations of Beau fort and Morehead City are con tributing food for storage and even tual use in case of disaster; FHA clubs have assisted in publicizing Conelrad and the keeping of an extra family food supply on hand. In November, the Civil Defense special project, Operation Home front, was promoted through press and radio. At present, with the co operation of the county superin tendent of schools, booklets, Schools and Civil Defense, are be ing distributed to principals in the county. The report said that the Air Force considers spotting activities in Carteret adequate under the present arrangement. Before hurricanes struck in 1955, the local Civil Defense office gave warnings and instructions to radio Seed for WiMllfe Plants Available at Farm Office R M YViMiamt, coanty fann agent, has announced (hat the sec ond delivery of wildlife coaserva lion seed will be available at the farm agent's office today. The seed and bi cotor plants are available to farmers free of charm from the Wildlife Conservation Department. Mr. Williams also announced that R. R. Rich, extension daiiy specialist, will be in tfce couaiy Thursday to discuss dairying prob lems with 4-H Club members. stations for broadcast and after the storms passed, agisted i* obtain ing necessary help in the county. The Civil Dtfense diracfor, dur ing the past year, has spoken to civic groups and pupils ia putlic schools. It was also reported that under the Civil Defense matching fund program, Newport obtained radio equipment for its fire trucks. Losses Occur Every Day! We Processed An Average of More Than Four Claims Each Working Day, During 19SS. See or Call Us FOR LOCAL INSURANCE SERVICE Wc Represent Your Interest When a Loss Occurs. CHALK INSURANCE Flrst-Citizeag Bank Bid*. Phone 6-3102 S. A. Chalk, Jr. C. W. Summerlin, CPCU Miss Jean Bowles Mrs. E. G. Phillips PRIZES! 1 ENTERTAINMENT! CARTOON t MOVIE! FUN fOR All THE FAMIIY! 1ST. PRIZE U. S. GOVERNMENT BOND See How Power Farming Pays Off! Newport High School Auditorium 7:30 P.M. Monday, March 12th, 1956 T. T. 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