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r boteKne: Cairo Water Tastes Wonderful After Journey in Desert By THE REV. JOHN BUNN * Have you ever realised how good water can be? I am bow drinking my sixth glass, because for lour days my water supply has come from two ran 'rem which hold one qnart of liquid each. But let me go back and tell you why water can taste most delight ful. Thursday afternoon, April 4, we left Cairo, Egypt, for a 500 mile desert expedition to St. Ca therine's Monastery at the foot of Jebul Musa (Mount Moses) on the Sinai Peninsula. After an uneventful trip of two and-a half hours, the Port of Suez appeared on the horizon, nestling by the Gulf of Suez where the Suez canal begins. Friday morning at 5, April 6, found us well into t! i desert close ? to Sudr where Shelt Oil has an | oil field. This was our last con tact with civilization. For endless miles we drove through utter desert waste. Sinai is not entirely desert because it J does have some water but in main it is rock gravel and boulder, gaunt granite peaks, dreary ridges and 1 dry valleys which form a scene of stern desolation. It was into this very area that Moses led the children of Israel in the wilderness wanderings. Late Friday afternoon Dr. Wil liam H. Morton. Tom Firor, and myself saw in the distance St. Ca therine's Monastery. This is a fab ulous place. The monastery is roughly rec tangular 240 feet by 280 feet with four arcnery towers. Its walls rise 50 feet from a foundation of square granite blocks six feet high. The Monastery of Mount Sinai where God reputedly spoke to Moses was erected by the very pious Justinian, Emperor of Rome, to perpetuate his memory and that of Tbrodora, his wife. It was completed in the 30th year of his reign, wheih would place its com pletion approximately 525 AD. Thii man can giv* you dependable delivery of THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 5 MONITOR International tfaily nwnpjpw Housewives, businessmen, teochers, ond students oM ovet the world reod ond enjoy this internotionol newspaper, pub lished doily in Boston. World famous for constructive news stories ond penetrating editorials Special features for the whole family. w The Christian Scene* Monitor Or* Norway St.. 6otton IS. Moss. Sond your nowspapor for the time chocked. Enclosod find my chock or money order. 1 year $16 ? 6 months Q I * tht $4 ? Nom# Aaa^r City Zone State" The library of this monastery | contains sonic of the most valu able Biblical manuscripts in all Christendom. It was at this mon astery in the I860'* that Count Tichendorff found the manuscript of the New Testament called today Codex Siniaticus. It is one of the oldest complete manuscripts of the New Testament and dates back to the fourth cen tury AD We had the privilege of photographing to our hearts' con tent many of the other valuable books of this monastery. It was at this monastery' that Cecil B. DeMille stayed for 15 days to shoot scenes for the motion pic ture, Moses. The monks were quite delighted by their Hollywood fame and frequently would say, "We helped make the picture ! Moses." Now back to the water! Yes, there is plenty of water to be had at Sinai, but for the soft American to drink it is to invite disaster. It abounds with germs which, to the natives are not harmful, for they are naturally immune. The only safe water for the American in the Orient is that of cities which have modern filter ing plants or water which you boil hard for not less than 15 minutes. Some people might complain about the taste of water on the coast of North Carolina, but we should be thankful that it is clcan | and pure! Board (Continued from Page 1) sufficient evidence, they said, that additional parking space is need ed in that area at present. A request presented by Com missioner D. J. Hall relative to the town's refusing use of the recrea tion building for an all-night school party was referred to the town recreation commission. The board approved appoint ment of James B. Willis as civil defense director for the town and approved payment of $27.77 as its share in one-third the cost of the transcript in the water rate hear ing. Relative to the town's maintain ing a street in the Camp Glenn area, the board said such could not be done unless the property were publicly dedicated as a street. Marine Scientists Will Attend Estuarine Meeting Marine scientists from this area will attend the meeting of the At lantic Estuarine Society Friday and Saturday at Lake Mattamus keet. Dr. T. R. Rice, Morchead City, is president, and Carter Broad, Beaufort, is secretary-treas urer. The coming session is the so ciety's 15th annual meeting. In ad dition to the officers, attending from this county will be members of the staff of the Institute of Fisheries Research, Morehead City, the shellfish lab and the Fish and Wildlife lab, Beaufort. Jerry Willis, BUI Chalk, C. H. Freeman, Charles Stanley, and Ro bert Shaw, all of Morehead City, attended a meeting of the New Bern Board of Realtors in New Bern Thursday night 2,380 Scouts Go to Camporee Newport, Beaufort, Har lowe, Morehead City Pa trols Win Ribbons Jacksonville, N. C.? Nearly 2,300 Eastern Carolina Boy Scouts ? broke Camporee" here Sunday and returned to their homes in the 2&county area covered by the Fast Carolina Boy Scout Council. Awarding of ribbons, signifying their rating of the 296 patrols par ticipating in the Camporee, and religious services constituted the final program of the big encamp ment. Four different types of ribbons were awarded with the coveted blue ribbon for proficiency being given to an even 100 partols. The red ribbon for Standard Camping Patrols went to 43 patrols and the white ribbon for camporee camp ing Patrols was awarded to 37. Green ribbons, signifying partici pation in the camporee, were given to 113 patrols. Carteret patrols winning ribbons were the following: j Newport ? Rotary Club, Troop 1 61. Wolf, Beaver, green ribbons; Rebel, white ribbon. Beaufort Rotary Club Troop 51, Eagle, white ribbon; Beaufort, First Baptist Church Troop 201, Wolf, green ribbon. Morehead City? Methodist Mens Club, Troop 130, Pioneer, green ? ribbon; Parkview Baptist Church. Troop 334, Flaming Arrow, green ribbons. Harlowe -Oak Grove Methodist Church, Troop 308, Wolf, white ribbon; Eagle, green. Seventy-five Scouts from Car teret district attended. C. E. KnoxSpeaks To Rotary Club C. E. Knox, Rochelle Realty Co. spoke on the Morehead City po tentialities at the weekly meeting of the Morehead City Rotary Club Thursday night at Fleming's Res taurant. Mr. Knox stated that a booster committee should be appointed to advertise Morehead City, and show people from other parts of the state exactly what the town has to offer. H. S. Gibbs Jr. was elected of ficial delegate to represent More head City Rotarians at the Rotary International Convention at Phila delphia in June. George McNeill announce) Uhat Morehead City would be the topic of a program Sunday at 1:30 over WNCT-TV. Guests at the meeting were Jen nings Earnslander, Charlotte Ro tarian, and Allen Knott, Kinston. 15 Biologists Make Weekend Trip to Beaufort Fifteen members of the Asso ciation of Southeastern Biologists made a field trip to Beaufort Sat urday following a two-day meeting at Duke University. They visited Shackleford Banks and other marine stations in Beau fort and Morehead City. Attending the meeting at Duke was Carter Broad, resident inves | tigator at Duke Marine lab. Mr. Broad, his wife and daughter, re I turned to Beaufort Saturday. Century STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 6 years old - $n.45 $<V85 Mm F< W 4/t9t WHISKEY ? 16 PROOF NATIONAL DISTILLERS fltOUUlTS CORP, N. Y. Coasf Guard Puts Out Fire on Island Sunday Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen battled an island brush fire and More head City firemen answered four alarm* over the weekend. Two-thirds of Melt Lee Island, better known as the Phillips fish factory island north of the More head City drawbridge, burned Sun day afternoon. The fire broke out at 4:30 p.m. and was not brought under con trol until 9 p.m. The factory on the island was destroyed by fire several years ago and since that time the island has been inhabited mainly by shore birds which nest there. Coast Guardsmen wqded ashore through water as deep as 4 feet, carrying fire hose. They used two pumps from the Coast Guard sta tion. It has not been determined how the fire started. Coast Guardsmen who fought the blaze were Julius Taylor, Earl Sells, W. D Smith, Frank Pearson and Bill Barber, all stationed at Fort Macon. Morehead City firemen answered four alarms from Friday afternoon until yesterday shortly after 12 noon. At 12:15 p.m. yesterday they answered a call to Atlantic Beach where a small asphalt mixer caught fire on Bogue Boulevard The fire was put out before damage oc curred. I At 6:30 yesterday morning they were called to the end of the street that leads Into Mitchell Vil lage, west of More head City. A parage apartment, located behind Cricket Hall and owned by W. E. Brittingham. burned to the ground. Mr. Brittingham. who lives in a 12-room house nearby, called the fire department, but it was too late to" save the structure. Mr I Brittingham had recently pur chased the property. No one was living in the apart ! ment at the time of the blaze. Jt I is not known how the fire started. The apartment reportedly consist ed of three rooms and a bath. The firemen went to 25th and ' Arendell Streets at 5:30 p.m. Sun 1 day to put out a fire that they say was apparently set among j pilings and cross-ties. I The rash of fire calls started at j3 p.m. Friday when the depart-! ' ment was called to Mitchell Village , to put out a grass fire. I A Norwegian village gets power ; from a diesel engine salvaged from the battleship Tirpitz sunk, in 1944 ! in a fjord. Postal Service Chooses Wisely Even the United States Post office Department knows a good town when they see one. A letter addressed: "To Any Fifth Grade in Any North Caro lina School," was sent to the Morehead City School Friday. The letter, asking for infor mation about the Tar Heel State, had Keen mailed by Elaine Jelso, a fifth grader in an Albuquer que, New Mexico, School. Miss Jelso said in her letter that she had chosen North Caro lina as a study topic and asked for some pictures and other in formation concerning this state. The letter ended up with Mrs. C. B Wade, fifth grade teacher, at the Morehead City School, and she and her students are getting together informatic n about North Carolina to send to the young mis* in New Mexico. State Highway to Put Additional Tables Here Mayor Leon Mann, Newport, re ports that the State Highway and Public Works commission plans to place another picnic tabic at the roadside park area, Wildwood. Mayor Mann said it is also hoped that the state will place picnic fa cilities soon by the Welcome to Newport sign west of the town. Couple Escape Injury Friday Mr. and Mrs. Anthony (Gerry) I Willis, Lennoxville Road, escaped injury at midnight Friday when the car in which they were riding overturned on the Lennoxville Road 300 yards from the traffic light at Beaufort School. According to State Highway Pa trolman R. H. Brown, the couple, wtu were going from the junior senior prom at Beaufort School, to the American Legion building, were riding in a 1941 Mercury coupe. Patrolman Brown said that Wil lis, who Is a senior at Beaufort School, was travelling at a high rate of speed, hit a dip and turned over. The driver claimed that he had to swerve to avoid hitting a piece of roaJ machinery. The patrolman said the car was demolished. Willis has been charged with careless and reck less driving. His wife is a junior at Beaufort School. Meeting Called Fishing pier operators, head boat captains and party boat cap tains will meet at Capt. Bill's Wa terfront Cafe tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. j to discuss the summer sport fish ing matters. Practicable cabin air compression I lor planes (lying above 80,000 feet i has not yet been developed. Noe Fish Co. Phone 2-4941 Beaufort Spring it here and we have a larger variety of seafood daily. Free Dressing and Delivery Anywhere in Beaufort. Morehesd City and Atlantic Beach Oysters Clams Escallops Shrimp T rout Sea Mullets Flounders Spots Hog Fish Mackerel Blue Fish Crabs Shad Oliver Davis, Mgr. Dorit let "Shrinking Horsepower" mate you a duggish climber I/, **'e p * '?#//, Puv-d "SA ? ?/e ^?Ur"n^ ' ^""so* ?""' ? of the full o/? ' 'or T/r? ?, ; / # Get die gasoline that burns clean* PROOF: See how the asbestos (love, on the left in the picture, is smudged by. the "dirty-burning tail end" of gasoline . . . while NO-NOX leaves the glove on the right c lean. That's because Gulf refines out the "cupful of trouble"? the "dirty-buming tail end" ef gasoline? from every gallon, in making no NOX. You get a full measure of clean-burning power when you fill up with Gulf NO-NOX. A i ^ Gulf No-Nox ..plus: Highest Octane you can biy P H. GEER & SON " Distributor Gulf Products 612 EVANS STRUT ' PHONE 6-4081 MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.
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