CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ?>*
h YEAR. NO. 23. TWO SECTIONS TEN PACKS MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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State Undertakes Its Biggest
Oyster Planting Program
Morehead City to Observe
Its 100th Year in 1957
Chief Reports
Narcotics Theft
At Drug Store
Front Lock Broken Friday
Night on Carteret Drug;
Only Dope Misting
Between $75 and $100 worth of
narcotics were stolen from the Car
teret Drug Store, Arendell Street,
Morchead City, sometime between
10 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Satur
day.
Chief of Police Herbert Griffin
said the break-in was discovered by
Dan Pigott when he went to work
at the drug store about 7 o'clock
Saturday morning. The chief said
that there was also evidence that
the door to Goodwin's Pharmacy,
located about a block from Car
teret Drug, had been tampered with
Friday night.
The small lock in the middle of
Carteret Drug's all-glass door was
pried open and the hasp on the
cabinet in which the drugs were
locked was broken off.
After taking the "choice drugs,"
the ones used by dope addicts, the
burglar or burglars, lifted the bar
off the rear door of the drug store
and departed. Nothing else was
missing from the store.
Chief Griffin said the State Bu
reau of Investigation has been call
ed in on the case. Fingerprints
have been taken. The investigation
was continuing yesterday.
Elections Board
Names Countians
The State Board of Elections
named members of County Board
of Elections Friday. Members of
the Carteret board are Fred R.
Secley, Beaufort; Charles C. Willis,
Morehead City; and Osborne G.
Davis, Beaufort.
The county board is tentatively
scheduled to meet Thursday, April
5, to elect its chairman and secre
tary,
Mr. Seeley and Mr. Willis are
Democrats and Mr. Davis is the Re
publican member of the board.
Mr. Willis, prominent Morehead
City Jaycce and co-chairman of the
Miss North Carolina Pageant for
1956, is also fund chairman in
Morehead City's current Red Cross
drive.
Mr. Davis has served on the
Board of Elections in the past and
is secretary for the County Repub
lican Committee.
Mr. Seeley for many years has
been chairman of the County
Board of Elections.
Citation Issued
Solomon Barnwell, Beaufort, was
picked up Sunday night by Assist
ant Chief Carlton Garner on a
charge of public drunkenness.
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I News in Nutshell |
INTERNATIONAL
THE SOVIET UNION'S most
dramatic program of mass re-edu
cation is underway ? the smashing
of the legend that built up Joseph
Stalin, in his lifetime, to the pro
portions of a heroic demigod.
IN LEBANON troops and res
cue workers are searching for
bodies among the ruins of houses
in 25 earthquake-stricken towns
and villages. Altogether 127 peo
ple were believed dead and more
than 200 were injured in the worst
earthquake in Lebanese memory.
NATIONAL
STORM ? BATTERED NORTH
EAST is digging out slowly from
a mountain of snow heaped upon
it by a violent winter's-end tempest
which cost lives, stymied trans
portation and' smashed several
ocean-going vessels ashore.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLI
CANS clashed In the Senate on
the election-year farm bill, and
prospects for the passage of the
bill yesterday were very dim.
STATE
FOUR PEOPLE were injured
Saturday night at Enfield when
an Atlantic Coast Line passenger
train collided ?Hth a freight train.
THREE TORNADOES hit aec
tions of North Carolina Sunday as
fierce thunderstorms and hail
flurries moved- acrosa the state to
the coast. One person was report
ed injured at Garner, where the
storm did Its worst, smashing
buildings and toppling treaa.
The State Commercial Fisheries Division has launched'
the largest oyster-planting program ever to be undertaken
in a single year.
Seed oysters, 160,000 bushels of them, are being placed
in specially-selected waters of Carteret, Pamlico, Hyde,
Dare, Onslow, Brunswick, Pender and New Hanover Coun
iwrs. ou|*-rviMng uic (naming la ut.
A. F. Chestnut, director of the In
stitute of Fisheries Research, a
unit of the University of North
Carolina located at Morehead City.
The first of the seed oysters,
which are dredged by oystermen
from natural rocks at the mouths
of the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers
and taken from the Roanoke Sound
area, were planted early this
month. If weather conditions re
main favorable and the supply ot
seed oysters stays constant, the
program is slated for completion
by early April.
By agreement with C. G. Hol
land, state fisheries commissioner,
the oystermen catch and plant the
seed oysters. The oystermen are
paid on the basis of 25 to 33 cents
per bushel.
To Plant Shells
In May the planting of oyster
shells will start. Last year some
36.000 bushels of oyster shcl)^ were
planted in areas known to be good
for the propagation of oysters.
The seed oyster and shell plant
ing arc part of the oyster rehabili
tation program authorized by the
1947 General Assembly.
The first seed oysters were plant
ed in 1949, when 10,171 bushels of
the bivalve were planted. The next
planting of seed oysters was in j
1952 when 7,768 bushels were '
planted. In 1954 plantings of seed j
oysters totaled 42,556 bushels and
last yiar 83,000 bushels were
planted.
Since the oyster rehabilitation
program started in 1947 there have
been 783,059 bushels of shells
placed in more than 60 different
localities.
While North Carolina is stepping
up its efforts to give needed help
to the oyster industry, the plant
ings of oyster shells in public
waters of this state seem small in
comparison with what Virginia and
Maryland arc doing to boost their
oyster production.
Other Planting*
A rcoent report shows that Vir
ginia planted 509,534 bushels of
oyster shells in 1954 and 792.000
bushels in 1955. In Maryland
waters 2,067.000 bushels of shells
were planted in 1954 and 2,200,000
last year.
Shells as well as seed oysters are
essential in the increased produc
tion of oysters. The seed oysters
usually grow to marketable size
within two to three years if they
survive the storms, hurricanes, and
other natural enemies.
The shells actually prgvide
homes for the tiny oysters after
they are spawned, usually from
mid-May until October.
Dr. Chestnut says the liberated
spawn, upon fertilization, develops
into microscopic larval oysters
which arc capable of swimming
and are carried about by strong
currents. For about two weeks
daily changes in development take
place until the larval oysters reach
maturity and then attach to shell,
rock, wood, metal, glass, rubber,
and other materials. These young
oysters are no larger than a pin
head by the time they become at
tached.
The larval oysters that are free
swimming will perish if suitable
material is not available for at
tachment or setting. Shells thus
provide the young oysters with
homes and help speed their growth.
Oyateri Smother
Once the young oyster or spat
is attached or has set, it is subject
to movement only by outside
forces, Dr. Chestnut says. If the
bottom is soft mud, the oysters
may smother by sinking into the
bottom. In other areas, the com
position of the bottom may be
coarse sand which is liable to shift
with changea in currents or by
wave action and smother the
oysters.
This is what happened to a great
extent during the hurricanes of
1954 and 1955. In many areas oys
ter mortality was greater than 50
per ccnt.
Swansboro to Receive
$1,000 Chock March 27
Presentation of the $1,000 check
to the town of Swansboro, as win
ner in the 1985 Finer Carolina
Program will be made at a dinner
Tuesday night, March 27, at 7:*
at the Swansboro Elementary
School.
Hosts at the dinner will be the
Carolina Power and Light Co.,
aponnor of the Finer Carolina pro
gram.
9554.81 Collected
Mrs. J. C. Harvcll, chairman of
Um Easter Seal campaign, an
nounced yesterday that $856 81 has
been collected to date. The goal
for the county is tifiOO.
Hen Delivers Twin
Egg to Her Boss
H. G. Temple, route 6 Have
lock, brought the product or ra
ther products of one of his 25
hens to THE NEWS-TIMES of
fice Saturday.
They were two eggs.
But what made these two eggs
different from just two eggs was
that they were joined like Sia
mese twins and had been laid
intact.
Mr. Temple said that he has
frequently ordered two eggs for
breakfast but that he had never
thought to ask for the same dish
from his hens.
Patrolmen Check
On Three Wrecks
State highway patrolmen inves
tigated three accidents recently.
At 6:30 a.m. Thursday a 1952
Plymouth, driven by Joseph Lee
Gillikin, route 1 Beaufort, turned
over on Highway 70 east of the
North River Bridge. Gillikin was
headed toward Beaufort.
He was taken to the Morehcad
City Hospital and has been charged
with driving without a license and
improper car registration.
Patrolman J. W. Sykes, who in
vestigated, said the car was
wrecked.
Two accidents occurred Sunday
night and were investigated by
State Highway Patrolman W. E.
Pickard. Between 8 and 9 p.m. a
1949 Ford driven by Dan Clark,
Broad Creek, skidded, turned over
and burner! on Highway 24.
Clark suffered a cut on the
head. No charges were filed
against him.
At 11:30 p.m. that night a 1952
Oldsmobile, headed toward Beau
fort and driven by John A. Ste
wart, Beaufort, skidded and turned
over on Highway 70.
Stewart was not hurt. Damage
to his car was estimated at $250.
No charges were preferred.
Five Groups
Back Project
Five civic organizations sent rep
resentatives to a meeting of the
s.rect marker project of the Finer
Carolina Program in Morehcad City
Friday night at the Sanitary Res
taurant.
The five delegates promised sup
port of their organizations to the
project, which is a part of the
town's 1956 Finer Carolina pro
gram.
Each of the civic groups wa? as
signed a section of the town to can
vass. and during the month of
April an extensive publicity cam
paign will be conducted, according
to Owens Frederick, chairman.
The raising of funds will take
place during the first week in May.
Attending the meeting were Bill
Chalk, Rotary; Sargent Smith,
Lions Club; Dr. Russell Outlaw,
Jaycees; 'Mrs. A. B. Roberts, Wo
man'! Club, and Miss Alida Willis,
Junior Woman's Club.
Mrs. Roberts was named publi
city chariman and Dr. Outlaw was
appointed treasurer.
New Bern, Beaufort
Teams Debate
The Beaufort High School de
bate team lost to the New Bern
High School team Friday.
The affirmative team, Frank
Potter and Jackie Wheatley, mem
ben of the freshman class at Beau
fort, were defeated by a vote of
2 to 1, by the New Bern team
comprised of seniors from New
Bern High School.
Judges were Mrs. U. E. Swann,
the Rev. C. Edward Sharp, and
Mrs. Lockwood Phillips.
Linda Salter and Allen Autry,
freshmen from Beaufort, present
ed the negative side of the ques
tion, Resolved: That the govern
ment should subsidize college edu
cations for needy high school stu
dents. They were defeated by the
New Bern team in New Bern.
Mr*. Naomi King, debate coach,
accompanied the negative team to
New Bern Mrs Frances Shuey
was in charge of the team which
debated In Beaufort. Paula Hill
waa timekeeper here.
Governor Hodges Plans Full
Day at Morehead March 29
Islanders Doubt
That Missing Man
Was Robbed
Many residents of Ocracoke do
not agree with a report that Al
bert Styron, 63, Oeraeoke fisher
man who disappeared March 6.
met with foul play.
Since location of Mr. Styron's
powered boat Saturday, authorities
believe that Mr. Styron may have
been robbed. The boat was sighted
by William Cochran, pilot of the
Cape Hatteras Flying Service, at
Terrapin Shoals four miles south
of Hatteras in a section of Ocra
coke Island which is now a part
of the seashore park.
Found in the boat were Mr.
Styron's empty wallet, his social
security card, wrist watch and hip
j boots. Members of the family said
I he had about $120 with him when
he went out to plant oysters
March 6 and never returned.
Mr. Styron's skiff was found late
Thursday, March 8, near Rodanthe.
He was towing the skiff behind
the boat that was found Saturday.
The powered boat was towed to
Silver Lake harbor, Ocracoke, by
the Coast Guard early Saturday
afternoon. Then the search for
Styron was renewed.
When the fisherman failed to
return two weeks ago, it was be
lieved that Mr. Styron, subject to
heart attacks, may have suffered
an attack while out planting seed
oysters. While some think he may
have had an attack, and tfien was
robbed, reports from Ocracoke yes
1 terday indicate that residents there
put little stock in such a theory.
Five Farmers
Offer Potatoes
Five county farmers offered a
total of 2.400 bushels of sweet po
tatoes to the government under its
rccently-announccd support pro
gram. But B. J. May, PMA admin
istrator, said so many potatoes had
been offered the government from
this section of the state that the
amount taken from each county
had to be allotted.
Thus only 528 bushels from this
county will move into government
warehouses at the $2.20 per bushel
price. Mr. May said that the num
ber of bushels purchased from each
of the five farmers has been fig
ured on a pro rata basis.
He said the farmers agreed to
this arrangement. The potatoes
will be state and federal-inspected,
probably at an assembly point in
Bettie where most of the potatoes
are stored, Mr. May said.
The potatoes will move from
here by freight car.
Gov. Luther Hoogcs win com
bine his Chamber of Commerce ad
dress at Morehead City March 29
with a hurricane rehabilitation con
ference at the Hotel Fort Macon at
1 p.m. that day.
Members of the governor's Citi- ;
zens Advisory panel will meet with |
a state federal committee to work
on plans for building up North
Carolina's defenses against future
storms.
Cpl. Harry E. Brown, Civil De
fense official who takes over April
1 as director of North Carolina's
hurricane program, will attend, the
meeting.
The governor said North Caro
lina's delegation to the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress is be
ing invited to the meeting. In this
connection, he announced the ap
pointment of the Rivers and Har
bors delegation. E. L. White, for
mer mayor of Wilmington, and
George W. Dill Jr., mayor of More
head City, were designated co
chairmen.
Ways and means of implement
ing recommendations in a detailed
report on recent hurricanes in the
state will be discussed at the More
head City meeting.
Governor Hodges has already
asked the federal government for
more than $19,000,000 to start on
the hurricane rehabilitation work.
John H. Farrell of Wilmington
is chairman of the Citizens Ad
visory Panel, Col. B C. Snow of
Raleigh is eo chairman, and John
neiizei, aLso 01 itaicign, is vice
chairman of the Committee on Hur
ricane Rehabilitation.
These groups will have a lunch
eon at the hotel. Following this,
there will be a planning session of
the Rivers and Harbors delegation,
which will go to Washington May
11-12 to participate in the 43rd na
tional conference of the Rivers and
Harbors Congress.
Besides Mayor White and Mayor
Dill, those appointed to the Rivers
and Harbors delegation are State
Senator D. J. Rase of Goldsboro,
chairman of the Neuse River
Watershed Authority; State Sena
tor Adam Whitley 'of Smithfield,
who was active in forming the
Neuse River Watershed Authority;
Rep. D. G. Bell of Morehead City.
W. P. Saunders, director of the
department of Conservation and
Development; Earl Holton of Van
demere, president of the N. C.
Fisheries Association; Dr. W. T.
Ralph, mayor of Belhaven.
Col. Richard S. Marr of Wilming
ton. executive director of the State
Ports Authority; Frank W. Reams
of Warrenton, a director of the
Roanoke River Basin Association;
W. 11. Potter of Beaufort, presi
dent of Beaufort By-Products Co.
John E. Justice of North Wilkes
boro. who has been active in Yad
kin River flood control work; Al
vah Ward Jr., of Manteo, leader
in a project for deepening Oregon
Inlet; and Davis Herring of South
port, county attorney of Brunswick.
Freak Weather Heralds
Spring s Arrival Today
Tornadoes ripped into three sec-*
tions of t he state Sunday and the
coast got its share of freak wea
ther -an ominous harbinger of
spring which arrives officially at
10:21 this morning.
Winds in Carteret County blew
at 30-35 miles an hour and slightly
higher in gusts Sunday. Thunder
storms, accompanied by sharp
lightning, brought torrents of rain {
Sunday night.
On Friday the heavy wind? blew
out a window at Lipman's Shoe
Store in Beaufort. In Morehcad
City a skiff owned by Weldon Ful
cher was lifted from is "dry dock"
perch and flopped on to the
ground.
The high temperature for last
week was registered Wednesday,
68 degrees, and the low was re
corded Saturday when the tem
perature dropped to 35 degrees,
according to E. Stamcy Davis, wea
ther observer.
A total of one and a half inches
of rain fell during the week.
The high and low temperatures
and the wind directions were as
follows: I
Max. Min. Winds
Tuesday 57 50 NE
Wednesday 68 53 SW
Thursday 65 45 NE
Friday 63 45 SW
Saturday 60 35 NW
Sunday 61 37 SW
Jury Awards Mother $500
In Trick or Treat' Case
Mrs. Amy L. Chapman, Newport,
mother of Ganes C. Chapman, was
awarded $500 damages by a Su
perior Court jury Friday after
noon, as the aftermath of the
"trick or treat" shooting of 14
year-old Ganes on Halloween night.
Mrs. Chapman, in her complaint
on behalf of her son, stated that
Ganes and several of his friends
were playing "trick or treat" on
Halloween nigHt and callcd at the
home of William L. Carroll, New
port farmer.
According to testimony, Carroll
ordered the children to leave and
not come back, and that if they
did return, he would shoot them.
Boys Return
The youngster said that he and
his friends left, but that he and
Johnny Zirm returned to play a
"trick" since they hadn't been
"treated."
They started scattering paper
on Carroll's front porch and were
caught in the act by Carroll. They
started to run as Carroll, carrying
a .22 caliber rifle, pointed it at
them.
Carroll fired the rifle and 63
shot struck Gines, 10 of which
penetrated the skin. Young Ganes
testified that he was 30 feet away
when Carroll shot him.
A* a result of the (booting, the
complaint stated that he "suffered
painful injuries necessitating med
ical treatment, that his nervous
system was upset, and that he was
unable to sleep soundly at night."
The complaint asked for $5,000
actual damages and $20,000 puni
tive damages.
Carroll's attorney's contended
that he shot in the general direc
tion of the boys, not intending to
hit cither of them, and he didn't
realize the carrying power of the
mustard seed shot.
Carroll was convicted in County
Recorder's Court last November on
See JURY, Page 2
Tide Table
Tides at Uie Beaufort Bar
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LOW
Tueaday, March H
2:12 a.m.
2:39 p.m.
8:38 a.m.
8:38 p.m.
Wedueaday, March 21
3:24 a.m.
3:50 p.m.
9:47 a.m.
10:06 p.m.
Thursday, March 22
4:32 a.m.
4:57 p.m.
10:51 a.m.
11:14 p.m.
Friday, March 21
5:33 a.m.
5:59 p.m.
11:47 a m.
Davis Post Now
Has 37 Members
Davis Post No. 295 of The Amer
ican Legion has exceeded its mem
bership quota for 1956, according
to information from State Head
quarters of The American Legion
in Raleigh. The quota of the po6t
is 32 and the membership for 1956
to date is 37.
Alonzo Salter, commander of the
post, has received a letter from the
Legion Adjutant. Nash McKcc, ex
pressing thanks to the membership
chairman, all post officers, and
membership workers for their ef
fort.
Paul H. Robertson, of Chapel
Hill, Department Commander of
The American Legion, issued a
statement of praise for the Davis
post.
Commander Robertson said, "I
am proud to congratulate the of
ficers and members of Post No.
295 upon this notable achievement.
All of the programs and services
of the Legion are made possible
through dues paid for membership
and we appreciate the great part
played by Post No. 295 of Davis.
Sincere thanks to every member of
the post who had a part in the
membership work."
"We do not intend to stop our
membership drive now that we
have reached our quota," Post
Commander Salter said. "There
are many more eligible veterans
who have not yet joined our post
and we invite them all to become
members."
County December
Sales Set Record
Dcccmbcr was a whopper for
retail sales in Carteret County.
Figures compiled by the Sales and
Use Tax division of the state De
partment of Revenue show De
cember 1955. as the greatest aalea
month in the county's history.
Not only were retail sales in
this county this past December
$210,873 00 ahead of retail sales
in December 1954 they were $308,
306 00 ahead of retail sales in the
month of November 1953.
Following are the break-down
figures:
Total Dcccmbcr 1955 aalea were
$1,544,033.00 of which food ac
counted for $308,808.00.
Total December 1954 sales were
$1,280,442 00 of which food ac
counted for $258,088.00.
Total November 1955 aalea were
$1,237,727 00 of which food ac
counted for $247,518.00.
? Morehead City will celebrate the one hundredth anni
versary of its founding next year, 1957. The decision was
made at the Morehead City Town Board meeting- Thurs
day night at the municipal building.
Jasper Bell, member of the board of commissioners, was
designated as the board's representative to work with Joe
Town Counsel May
Run for Assembly
Gene Smith. Beaufort attor
ney, said yesterday that he is
"toying with the idea" of run
ning for the general assembly.
In answer to a query from a
NEWS - TIMES reporter, Mr.
Smith said that he will probably
make up his mind "in a couple
of weeks." Mr. Smith is attorney
for the town of Beaufort.
Two Carteret men have already
said they intend to seek nom
ination as general assemblyman
May 26. They are D. G. Bell, who
represented Carteret in the 1953
assembly, and Cooper Hamilton,
attorney, both of Morehead City.
Candidates for the office of as
semblyman have to pay their fil
ing fee by noon Saturday, April
14. None had paid filing fees by
yesterday.
Farmers Pick
Up Free Grain
Distribution of the third carload
of grain here, under the free grain
program, continued yesterday.
B. J. May. ASC officer manager,
said that after distribution of this
carload. 92 county farmers will
have received the grain. Thirty
two additional applications for aid
are now on file and will be acted
on in several days, Mr. May said.
A total of 207,600 pounds has
been sent to the county under the
federal program to aid farmers in
hurricane disaster areas.
This free grain program is not to
be confused with* the FHA grain1
and hay program where the govern
ment pays $1 on each hundred
pounds of grain or hay, Mr. May
said.
The FHA program came to an
end Friday, the last day farmers
could apply for help.
The free grain program, Mr. May
declared, is still in effect and ap
plications may still be filed.
?DuBois. manager of the Morehead
City Chamber of Commerce, in
formulating preliminary plans.
A series of Founder's Days will
be designated to highlight the year
of festival.
Morehead City was founded in
1857 and incorporated in 1858.
The board declined the request
of the Colonial Store to widen 11th
Street a distance ot 150 feet north
erly from Arendell Street.
The board's decision was based
on the following points: widening
would not run the full depth of
the block between Arendell and
Bridges Streets; parking would be
hazardous to school children who
) use the block in large numbers;
land a request by the store that
parking meters not be installed
could not be granted.
The board concurred in the de
letion of the zoning board denying
a request by J. Hicks Corey of
Greenville to erect a business
building on the north side of Aren
dell Street in the 2800 block.
Mr. Corey had proposed to build
a $6,000 structure to house a dairy
products store to be known as The
Dairy Bar. The board said that,
for the present, no change would
be made in re-zoning that area for
business.
Thomas Eure of Beaufort was
awarded a contract to erect a fire
dock at. the Bogue Sound end of
8th Street. His bid was the lowest,
at $8,900 The dock will be 18 feet
wide and 60 feet long, extending to
channel depth. In the event of
water failure a fire department
pumper will use the pier to pump
salt water.
John E. Lashley, town clerk, was
directed to order a dozen Fine-O
Meters. Six will be installed on
Arendell Street between 7th and
9th Streets and three elsewhere at
places not yet designated.
The meters provide an easy way
for persons to pay $1 overtime
[parking tttu-s.
The town, having decided not to
exercise its option to acquire land
between old Highway 70 and the
Golf Club Road for a cemetery. R.
R. Barbour, owner, returned the
$100 option fee to the town.
Gibbic Sanderson, commissioner
for streets, reported that drainage
difficulities on 20th Street arc be
ing corrected.
Board of Equalization
Convenes at Courthouse
County commissioners started <
their week-long session as the
Board of Equalization yesterday
morning at the courthouse, Beau
fort.
Persons who arc dissatisfied with
valuations set on their property
may appear before the commission
ers this week. Those who checked
Moses C. Howard, chairman of
the board of commissioners, said
yesterday that the board of equal
ization will sit each day as long
as there are persons to be heard.
He said that if those appearing
are taken care of by 11 a.m., the
board will recess until the next
day. Each session begins at 10
a.m. Property owners are re
quested to be at the courthouse
at that time.
valuations during February and
were not satisfied with the result,
were invited to appear before the
board of equalization this week.
Property owners arc given a
number as they appear at the court
house, and each property owner
appears in sequence before the
board to state his problem.
Commissioners, as well as the
appraisers. Leon Brinkman and
Leon A. Marshall, take evidence in
each case. Property owners will be
Informed of the decision after the
board studies the matter.
The board will be in session
through Friday. Chairman Howard
said things were proceeding well
and the people were most coopera
tive.
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Shopping Days
Left 'til
EASTER
Crash Victims
Still Hospitalized
Three victims of a head-on col
lision in Craven County last Tues
day remained in the Morehcad
City Hospital yesterday.
Involved in the crash were Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Collins, route
2 Newport, and three Negro men,
Eli Martin, 30. Harlowe; Clifton
Fisher and Sherman Harvey.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman N. H. Robinson, the Col
lins were in a 1B52 Ford which
collided head-on with a pickup
truck believed to have been driven
by Martin. The accident occurred
eight miles east of Cherry Point
on Highway 101.
Mr. and Mrs. Collins and Fish
er are still in the hospital recov
ering from their Injuries.
Mr. Collins has severe chest in
juries and Mrs. Collins was in
jured about the chest and shoul
ders. Fisher sustained a broken
leg and cuts and bruises. Martin
had cuts and bruises and Harvey
suffered cuts on the head.
Patrolman Robinson said the
collision occurred on the right
lane as traveled by the pickup
truck, but further investigation
has led the officer to believe that
the Collins car went over in that
lane to avoid hitting the pickup,
which had apparently been on the
wrong side of the highway.
Three-Hour Good Friday
Service to Take Place
Good Friday will be observed In
Murehead City again this year with
a three-hour service at the First
Methodist Church.
Seven preachers will take part in
the acrvice, which will begin at 12
noon and end at 3 p.m.
The public is invited to attend
any or all of the seven periods of
the service. Soloists will be Mrs.
Josiah Bailey Jr. and Misa Maxine
McLohon.