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45th YEAR, NO. 69. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 28. 1956 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND PRIDAYS
Big Asphalt Tank
Blows Up Yesterday
Lejeune Marines
Leave for Europe
Troops Sail from State
. Port, Morehead City,
For Mediterranean
Camp I/cjeune ? In tho midst
of national conventions, a rein
forced battalion of Marines sailed
quietly from Morehcad City last
week aboard three Navy ships,
bound for several months' duty in
the Mediterranean.
Upon arrival in the Mediter
ranean the 3rd battalion will re
lieve the 2nd battalion, (rein
forced), 8th Marines, on duty in
^hat area since last March.
A controlled turmoil highlighted
activity as truck convoys shuttled
men and equipment to Morehcad
City port from Camp Lejeune.
Lt. Col. Harry S. Popper, com
manding officer of the battalion
landing team, officially closed his
Camp Lejeune command post and
established voyage headquarters
aboard the USS Chilton.
An advance party of staff offi
cers has already arrived in the
Mediterranean. Airlifted Aug. 8,
4 they were to make contact with the
battalion now in the area and to
smooth plans for the relief.
The 3rd battalion will serve with
the Navy's Sixth Fleet after pass
ing the gateway of the Mediter
ranean ? Gibraltar. While serving
with the fleet, the Marines will
visit many historical, old world
^ ports.
Plans call for the battalion to re
turn to Camp Lejeune in early
1957.
County Jailer
Dies injtospifal
Friday Morning
Robert Emmctt Chaplain, 72,
the county jailer for 31 years, died
Friday morning at Sea Level Hos
pital. The funeral service was con
ducted at 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon in St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Beaufort.
Mr. Chaplain, son of the late
Mathias and Elizabeth Yates Chap
, lain, Beaufort, was appointed by
Democratic Sheriff T. C. Wade in
1R22 a.s deputy sheriff and jailer.
In 1928 the Republican party
won the election and James Davis
served as sheriff. He appointed
Sanford Gaskill as jailer, but re
turn of the democratic party to the
helm in 1930 brought reappoint
ment of Mr. Chaplain.
He continued in the office of
' jailer and deputy sheriff until his
death. His father was also jailer.
His mother was married to Bill
Piver. who was the county jailer,
and at his death she married Mr.
Chaplain, who succeeded Piver in
the jailer's job.
"Mr. Em," as he was known, was
ill for some time. He is survived
by his wife, Nannie Garner Chap
lain, and several nieccs and
nephews.
Officiating at the funeral was
the Rev. Lemuel G. Roberson, En
field. visiting rector at Sa. Paul's.
'Burial was with full Masonic rites
in SL Paul's Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Marshall Ayt
eue, county ABC officer; George
Canady, district director of the
SBI; Deputy Sheriff Bobby Bell,
Beaufort Police Chief Guy Sprin
glc and State Highway Patrolmen
R. H. Brown and W. J. Smith Jr.
Stella Grade School
Gets New Teacher
* L, B. Tillery, principal of the
Stella colored school, said that he
expects a new teachcr (or the first
and second grades this year.
For the first two weeks ol
school Mrs Ethel Whittington will
teach grades 1 through 3 and he
will teach grades 4 through 8.
When the new teacher comes,
Mrs. Whittington will teach grades
3 and 4. and Mr. Tillery will take
8 through 8.
Ocracoke Ponies Stricken
With Sleeping Sickness
An outbreak of encephalitis, com
, monly known as sleeping sickness,
has hit ponies on Ocracoke.
The State Board of Health re
ported at least eight of the ponies
have died of the disease, which is
caused by a brain inflammation.
Encephalitis is carried by mosqui
toes.
Surviving ponies are being im
munised. The board ia making a
survey to see if any humans bare
bccome infected.
? By BOB 8EYMOUR
Three men miraeulously escaped
injury when a 25,000-gailon tank
of hot asphalt blew up directly over
their heads at 4 p.m. yesterday.
The tank, located next to the Fry
Roofing Co., Morehead City, sent
flames and black smoke billowing
into the sky.
Morehead City firemen answered
the alarm and Dcaufort Fire De
partment sent its No. 5 truck and
tanker truck to Morehead City fire
station to stand by.
Walter Edwards, manager of the
Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co.. said the
explosion knocked him off his chair
in the front office.
Douglas Arthur, one of the three
men standing under the tank when
it blew, is a line foreman. He said,
"I don't know what happened. Hen
ry Nichols, plant superintendent,
and Clifton Arthur, an assistant su
perintendent, and I were looking at
a motor when the tank exploded." .
They were checking a motor on
one of the steam lines running be
neath the tank.
Mr. Edwards said the tank, used
for storage of asphalt, was fitted ]
to confine a fire inside it but !
nothing could be done to guard
against fire from an explosion. He
said it was the first explosion at
the plant in six years.
The asphalt is kept at a tempera
ture of 350 to 400 degrees. Its ex
ploding point, Mr. Edwards said, is
around 550.
An observer standing nearby
conjectured that a steam line which
heats the asphalt may have broken.
"A half pint of water in a tank of
asphalt will make it boil over," he
said. "When the asphalt started to
boil, it built up pressure in the
tank which simply blew the end
out."
Morehead City firemen received
a hearty thank you from Mr. Ed
wards. "They were here in time
to keep the fire from spreading,"
he said. Actually there was never
any danger that other tanks of
asphalt would explode, as several
spectators thought. AH arc well in
sulated." he added.
AH the asphalt in the tank was
lost. Mf. Edwards said h* would
nor be JW an cstimMe *f
the damage until the tank cooled
down enoufh for men to go inside
to inspect it.
Farm Leaders
Meet This Week
Farm leaders of the eounty will
attend two meetings this week.
There will be a district Farm Bu
reau meeting from 9 to noon today
at New Bern and a meeting on the
soil bank program Wednesday at
Williamston.
In addition to officers of the
Farm Bureau, other farm leaders
arc invited to the New Bern ses
sion. R. M. Williams, county
agent. Harry Venters, his assistant,
and C. N. Stroud, Morehcad City,
membership chairman, will attend.
The meeting will take place at
the recreation building. New Bem.
Counties represented, In addition
to Carteret, will be Craven,
Greene, Jones, Lenoir and Pamlico.
The soil bank meeting. caHcd
by the ASC, will take placc at the
Roanoke Country Club. Attending
from this county will be Mr. Wil
liams. B. J. May, ASC manager.
Roy Keller, chairman of the ASC
committee. Mrs. John Butler of the
ASC officc, and David Jones, soil
conservationist.
Both the conservation and acre
age reserve program: of tnc soil
bank will be discussed.
Beaufort Motorist
Involved in Wreck
Mrs. Pritchard Lewi*, Beaufort,
was involved in a collision at noon
Thursday at Mansfield Park. Ac
cording to State Highway Patrol
man W. J. Smith Jr., Mrs. Lewis,
in a 1955 Ford, collided with a
pickup truck driven by James
Smith. Morehead City.
Mrs. Lewis was cited for failure
to grant the right-of-way. Accord
ing to the patrolman, Mrs. Lewis
waa headed east on Atlantic Ave
nue and Smith was headed north
on Florida Avenue.
They met in the middle of the
intersection. Damage to the Ford
was estimated at (200 and damage
to the pickup, owned by the Caro
lina Racing Association, was esti
mated at (100. No one was hurt.
Stat* Fisheries Committee
Conducts Recent Hearing
The state fisheries committee
conducted a hearing on fisheries
problems recently at the court
house, Windsor. C. O. Holland,
fisheries commissioner, and Cecil
Morris, chairman sf the commit
tee, were present.
Both commercial and sports
fishermen, numbering over a hun
dred, attended.
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New Policy Set
For Smyrna High
Married Students Will
Not Take Part in Sports,
Club Activities
The .school committee at Smyrna
has announced a new policy for
married students. Beginning this
year, married students may not
take part in extra-curricular activi
ties; that includes sports and
school clubs.
Roland Salter, chairman of the
committee, said the action was
taken to discourage marriages
among students.
Mrs. Charles Alligood, who is re
placing Miss Joyce Anne Willis as
first grade teacher, is the only new
member of the faculty.
The vacancy left by Mrs. William
Cherry is still open. Mrs. Cherry
taught home economics, biology,
and physical education.
Principal Stanley Dail announces
that the other teachers and their
assignments are the same as last
year.
They arc Mrs. Barbara Willis,
English and French; Mrs. Annie
Salter. English, civics; Mrs. Mil
dred Davis, math and typing; S. M.
Daniels, social studies and physi
cal education; W. J. Owens, agri
culture; MLss Josic Pigott, eighth
grade.
C. H. Davis, seventh and eighth;
Mrs. Myrtle Pigott, seventh grade;
Mrs. Ncta Hancock, sixth grade;
Mrs. Thclma Moore and Miss Edith
Lewis, fifth grade.
Mrs. Nellie Willis, fourth grade;
Miss Mary Whitchurst and Mrs.
Dorothy Pincr, third grade; Miss
Ethel Whitchurst and Mrs. Minnie
Davis, second grade; Mrs. Eliza
beth Dail, first grade.
Benjamin Chew
Takes on Grain
The SS Benjamin Chew docked
at Morehead City at 7 o'clock yes
terday morning to take on a load
of linseed cxpcllcr pellets and soy
bean pellets. She is expeclcd to
sail some time today.
This Is the second movement of
grain through the Morehead City
port in 10 days. The grain is bound
for Rotterdam.
Morehead City Shipping Co. is
the ship's agent and stevedores.
Heide and Co. is the freight for
warder and Intcroceanic Commod
ity Corp., the shipper.
The Benjamin Chew appeared on
the cover of a recent issue of The
Maritime Reporter, shipping trade
magazine. as the first example of a
converted Liberty ship in an ex
perimental class. It has a rede
signed propeller and turtiine en
gines. The ship is described as
some six knots faster as a result,
and considerably more economical
to operate.
Marine Corps Pursues Task
Of Locating Ejection Seat
Club to Sponsor
Pearsall Plan Panel
To explain the pr* posed Pear
sall plan, the Carteret Business
and Professional Women's Club
will sponsor a panel diacussion
at 7:90 Saturday night at the
More head City School.
Those on the panel will be
residents of Morehead City and
Beaufort: an attorney, ? minis
ter, a school board member, a
Negro teacher, and a govern
ment official.
Hie program was arranged by
Mrs. James Smith. Morehead
City, first vice-president of the
B*PW Club. The meeting is
open to the public.
Tide Table
TMct it Ike Braiifort Bar
HIGH LOW
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Tiwiday, Au(. it
12:03 a.m. 0:11 ?.m.
12:43 p.m. 7:10 p.m.
Wrdnesday, Auf. 29
1:02 a.m. 7:00 a.m.
1:47 p.m. 8:17 p.m.
Tkundajr, Aug. It
2:11 a.m. 8:18 a.m.
2:98 p.m. 8:18 p.m.
Friday. Aug. 11
4:11 a.m. 8:31 a.m.
4:01 pn. 18:35 pA
? The Marine Corps is vitally in
terested in finding the ejection
seat from the plane which craahed
in the county Aug. 17. The pilot,
M/Sgt. William G. Knapp. para
chuted to safety and was picked
up at Beaufort.
Pcriona who may find the aeat,
or parta of it, are aaked to call
Cherry Point Field Operations Of
ficers, Havelock 2211, extenaion
8200 collect.
The seat ia believed to be on
land or In water within a two-mile
radius of the Beaufort Mofehcad
City airport, Beaufort.
Lt. Col. G. W. Nevila, informa
tional services officer at Cherry
Point, said inspection of the seat
may possibly lead to saving livea
of other pilots.
He said there waa nothing wrong
with the plane from which Ser
geant Knapp waa mysteriously
hurled; there was probably some
thing wrong with the ejection aeat
mechanism.
The seat la all aluminum and
haa a high back, "higher than a
man's head," Colonel N evils said.
It has arm raata and foot raata. He
also said that it might be a sort
of light green color, and may even
be a mangled mass, but the Marine
Corps would still like to inspect
it
The scat haa a parachute well.
The pilot aita on his parachute,
which fits down into the aeat
When he li ejected, the whole
business flies, out the (eat falls
away, knd the 'chute opeaa.
It could be that the aeat may
See SEAT, Pa|a ?
Congressman Not Discouraged by ICC
Ruling , Believes Appeal Will Win
Army Reservists Train at Jackson
S*t- Hedrlck H. Salter and Cpl. Oliver C. Lawrence, both of Beaufort, are members of Battery TA
906th Field Artillery Battalion. They art preparing personnel files for inspection during annual sum
mer training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
Fort Jackson, S. C. ? Battery A
of the 906th Field Artillery Bat
talion, 108th Infantry Division
(United States Army Reserve) with
headquarters at Beaufort, returned
Saturday from Fort Jackson after
their annual two weeks' active
duty training.
Made up of three officers and
11 enlisted men, Battery A is one
of three gun batteries of the 906th
and has the mission of providing
medium artillery support for the
108th Infantry Division in an ac
tive theater of operations.
| Summer training is conducted
yearly to maintain a high level of
basic training and to keep the unit
proficient in its training methods.
Battery A was organized at Beau
fort in 1954 and has an authorized
strength of 24 men.
The battery is commanded by
Capt. Thomas H. McQuaid of Beau
fort. Other members of the battery
arc Lt. Gordon E. McCabe, Lt.
James E. Sykcs, M/Sgt. Sigismund
E. Saratowski, Sgt. Edgar E. Cole,
Sgt. Edwin T. Culbreth, Sgt. Harry
S. Davis.
Sgt. James C. Robertson, Sgt.
Iicdrick H. Salter, Cpl. Oliver C.
Lawrence, Cpl. Thomas E. Parkin
Jr., Pfc. Jimmy C. Kelly, Pfc. Ma
con P. Moore, and Pfc. Street
Wethcrington.
Children Find New Friend
In Cap'n Obie, Letter-Writer
A few youngsters throughout the
country have rcccntly been receiv
ing letters from Cap'n X)bic. Cap'n
Obie live* at Gloucester, N. C.
Cap'n Obie is the brain-child of
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. MacFarlane
of Gloucester and Dr. Henry Kritz
ler of North River. People receive
his letters by subscribing to them.
Because the letters are designed
to appeal to children 8 to 12 years
old, folks usually subscribe to them
for their children or for other
youngsters they know.
The child receives a letter twice
a month. Each letter bears a pic
ture of Cap'n Obie and usually one
or two other drawings to illustrato
a story in the letter.
Author and Artist
The writing and drawing* arc
done by Dr. Kritiler. Mrs. Mac
Farlane says that she has had the
idea in mind for years. She and
Dr. Kritiler have been working on
it for the past 14 months.
The first letter went out in July.
It was an introductory letter. In
it Cap'n Obie tells about himself,
that his home is at Gloucester, and
introduces his readers to his dog,
Ebcnczer, and his parrot, Saman
thy.
The letter shows a picture of
C'ap'n Ohio's houac on Sleepy
Creek, a picture of his boat, and
the shed in back of bis house
where he keeps his truck and fish
ing gear. " **
His next letter, which was
Cap'n Obie
...writes to children
mailed the middle of July tells
how Cap'n Obie set a crab pot,
what he caught, and what hap
pened when Samanthy, the parrot,
had an adventure with the "catch."
This letter shows a picture of
a crab pot and how it's made, also
another picture of Cap'n Obie, Sa
manthy, and the crab pot haul.
Mrs. MacFarlane said, "The won
derful thing about this is that chil
dren regularly get ? letter of their
very own." So many children have
said, "I wish somebody would
write a letter to me so I could get
some mail!"
Mrs. MacFarlane and her asso
ciates beliett Cap'n Obie will help
solve that problem.
"People to whom we have talked
about this arc most enthusiastic,"
Mr*. MacFarlane said. Several
agenU and bookstores are promot
ing the project. Th^y predict a de
luge of subscriptions as Christmas
gifts for youngsters.
The originators of Cap'n Obie
have adopted the firm name, Car
teret Originals. The firm expects
to incorporate. The office is lo
cated at the MacFarlane home.
Carteret Originals holds Glouces
ter's first "first class" mail permit.
Subscription cards are returned in
the first class mail envelopes.
Cost of a subscription is $2.50
for six months or $4.73 for one
year. After the first letter, the
child gets a blue folder in which
he can keep each letter Cap'n Obie
writes. The front of the folder has
a picture of Cap'n Obie, Ebenezer,
a coil of rope, an anchor, and Sa
manthy perched on the anchor,
also the words, Letters from Cap'n
Obie.
Cap'n Obie'* letters are geared
to the time of year that they are
mailed. For example, Dr. Kritzler
says, in November Cap'n Obie will
start work as the captain of a shad
boat. Each letter contains some in
teresting facts about marine life.
The letters are on paper 8 Mi by
11 inches, regular typewriter-size
paper. They look as though they
are typewritten, but actually they
arc printed by the multilith pro
cess. The printer is Bob Slater,
Beaufort.
Carteret Originals has high hopes
for Cap'n Obie and the firm's fu
ture. For in Cap'n Obie they seem
to have found a character that
could become as important to a
child as Santa Claus.
Beaufort Principal Lists
Faculty for Coming Year
Bruce E. Tarkington, principal
of Beaufort School, has announced
members o t the faculty for the
coming year.
Teachers new to the faculty this
fall will be Miss Geraldine Smith.
Miss Thelitis Lancaster. Mrs. Fred
Knott, Misa Phyllis Finer, Mrs.
Marshall Ayscue and Mrs. Wyon
Lewis.
Miss Smith, from Malvernc. Pa.,
holds a ouster's degree from
Greensboro College for Women and
will teach 10th and 12th year Eng
lish. Miss Lancaster, from Rocky
Motnt, is a graduate ?f Wake For
est, and will teach 8th and Uth
year English, history and general
science.
Mrs. Lewis, Beaufort, a member
of the Morehead City faculty laat
year,, will teach aecond grade.
Mrs. Ayscue, Morehead City, will
teach the oommercial course. A
graduate of Eaat Carolina College,
Mrs. Ayscue i* a former teacher at
the Harkeri Island School.
Mrs. Knott and Mlsi Finer are
two teachers the school has gained
because of It* Increase In enroll
ment last year. Mrs. Knott Is a
graduate of lleroditk College and
the wife of Fred Knoll, county
4-H advisor for boys. She will teach
fifth grade.
Miss Finer, a Beaufort alumni,
is a graduate of East Carolina Col
lege, and will teach fourth grade.
The multi-purpoae room, used for
social activities iaat year, will serve
as two classrooms. Located there,
according to present plana, will be
Mrs. Ellen Dickinson, and Miss
Grace Wilson, third grade teachers.
Other members of the faculty
and subjects they will teach are
Mrs. Grace Fodrle, librarian; Miss
Lena Duncan, aocial science; Mrs.
Mildred Lawrence, biology, chem
istry and physics.
Miss Gladys Chtdwlck, math and
Latin; Mrs. Naomi King, English,
civics and general aclcnce; Thomas
McQustd, math and physical edu
cation; Mrs. Geraldinc Beverldge,
home economics.
C. F. Jones Jr., public school
music; Mrs. Cora Jones and A. N.
Chadwlck, eighth grades; Miss Ger
trude Styron. seventh and eighth;
Mrs. Florence Brooks and H. C.
Gordon Jr., seventh.
4m FACULTY, Page ?
Two Commissioners Decide
Against Southern Railway
Congressman Graham A. Barden, who took an active
part in hearing* on Southern Railway's acquisition of the
Atlantic and East Carolina line, said yesterday at New
Bern that he was "not discouraged" by the ICC's ruling
against Southern.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced Friday
that Southern's request to take'*
over the A A EC and the Lejcune
railroad was denied. Henry Wal
ker, an attorney for Southern, said
that the deeision w ill he appealed
to the full ll-member ICC.
Congressman Barden testified in
favor of Southern's taking over the
A&EC and the Lejeunc road at a
hearing in June 1955 at Goldsboro
and again this past March at Wash
ington before ICC Commissioners
Monroe Johnson. Tugglc and Hut
chinson.
Congressman Barden said, "I
think an appeal will have an excel
lent chance for approval before the
whole Interstate Commerce Com
mission."
The commissioners who heard
oral arguments in March denied
Southern's request because they
said that Southern's operation of
the Lejcune road would cut far
into the revenues of the Atlantic
Coast Line, which operates into
Jacksonville, N. C., and said
further that Southern's control of
the Lcjeun? line and the A&EC
was not "shown to be consistent
with the public interest."
Southern Railway says that It is
not interested in acquiring the
A&EC alone. It is requesting con
trol of both the Lejcune line and
the A&EC, which runs between
Goldsboro and Morehead City.
Following the hearing in Wash
ington in March, Commissioner
Johnson retired from the ICC and
was replaced by Mitchell of Penn
sylvania. Mitchell did not partici
pate in the hearing nor In the sign
ing of the decision rendered Fri
day. Because Johnson had retired,
that left only Tuggle andjlutchin
son signing Friday's order.
The retired member of the com
mission, Johnson, is now in the em
ploy of the Atlantic Coast Line, ac
cording to H. P. Edwards, man
ager of the A&EC.
Mr. Edwards said Friday that he
was "shockcd" at the commission's
decision that Southern's acquisi
tion of the Lejcune line and A&EC
would not be in the "public inter
est."
Southern's case was supported by
the United States Marine Corps,
the Department of Defense and the
State of North Carolina.
State officials, as well as More
head City citiiens, expressed dis
appointment over the ICC ruling,
but at the same time they were
optimistic that an appeal will bring
about Southern's acquisition of the
A&EC and thus realization of
North Carolina's long dream of an
cast-west railroad across the state.
Woman Hurt
As Truck Falls
Mrs. Theodore Poggi. Tampa,
Fla., suffered a broken hip Satur
day afternoon when a truck foil
on her as she and her huiband
were attempting to repair it near
the Morehead City Yacht Basin.
Mr. and Mrs. Poggi, both deaf
mutes, were travelling through
Morehead City with a truck and
trailer when it broke down and
they pulled off Highway 70 to try
to fix It.
Mr*. Poggi suffered icratchei
and cuts on her back in addition
to the hip Injury. She ia now in
the Morehead City Hospital.
Mr. Poggi ia a carpenter and me
chanic and would appreciate em
ployment, since he and his wife
will be stranded here for eight to
twelve weeks.
Persons interested in contacting
Mr. Poggi should get in touch with
Mrs. Jane Kcllum, who Uvea
aboard the Eight Bella, Morehead
City Yacht Basin.
Car Ownod by Irvin Willis
Burns on Island Road
A 1990 Buick owned by Irvin
Willi*. Hsrkcrs Island, burned on
the Harkers Island Road Saturday
night.
State Highway Patrolman W. J.
Smith Jr. aaya the owner claimed
the car "exploded." Willis said
that he and a friend, Roger Wade,
were driving along when the car
caught fin.
Willis's hands were burned and
Wade's arms was slightly burned.
Club Meets T? might
The Cartaret Business and Pro
fessions! Women's Club will meet
at 1 o'clock tonight at Holdea's
nfftiiint*. Beaufort
Marshallberg
Scout Committee
To Meet Thursday
Members of the Boy Scout com
mittee, Marshallberg Progressive
Community Club, will meet at 7
p.m. Thursday in the community
building, Marshallberg. to plan the
Scout program.
Members of the committee arc
A. W. Jones, Leon Thomas, Robert
Sellers, Virgil Willis, Grayer Wil
lis, C. D Harris, F G. Gillikin,
Thomas H. Gillikin, Fernie Willis
and Roma Salter.
The group will discuss reorgani
zation of the Scouting program
for Marshallberg and surrounding
communities.
The session was planned at the
meeting of the community club
Saturday night at the Harbor
Lights Restaurant.
Another meeting, to discuss edu
cation courses, was set for 8 p.m.
Thursday at the home of John Val
entine, Marshallberg. The club
proposes a series of courses, taught
by local persons, for adults of all
ages, and children as well.
According to proposed plans,
the courses would consist of navi
gation, code, art, muaic and lan
guages. The club says that there
are members of their community
who ire well qualified to teach
such courses. It ia believed that
retired persons, especially, would
be interested in undertaking the
studies.
Thomas B. Gillikin and Ikie
Guthrie reported that they arc con
tinuing the project of finding fire
equipment (surplus property) for
Marshallberg. The equipment
would be used in the nearby com
munities of Smyrna, Gloucester
and Williston.
Leon Thomas reported on the
dredging of the harbor and bulk
heads were discussed. Mr. Thom
as was also requested to write Gen.
E. W. Griffin, state Civil Defense
director, and thank him for the
assistance given Marshallberg ' "
repair of storm damage.
Purchase of material for the
secretary, Alton Gaskill, was au
thorized.
A visitor at the meeting was
John Ball, Beaufort. Mr. Sellers
was admitted as a new member.
Date of the next meeting was
set for Friday, Sept. 7, at the com
munity building instead of Sept.
8. because of the referendum on
Sept. 8.
12 New Teachers
Join Faculty
T. L. Lee, Morehead Sity School
principal, has announced that 12
new teachers have joined the (acui
ty this year. Two positions, science
and social studies, are still open.
New teachcrs are Miss Anne
Field, English; Miss Helen Jerni
gan, commercial; Mrs. J. C. Hsr
vell. biology; Miss Jean Lamtu,
seventh grids; Miss Jane Stroud
and Miss Carol Jones, sixth grade.
Miss Lois Jupe Woolard, fourth
grade; Mrs. Virginia Bradbury,
Mrs. Millie Hall and Mrs. Leslie
Ventur, third grade; Miss Con
stance Pastor, second grade; and
Miss Sallie Thigpen, first grade.
Other teachers and their assign
ments are Mrs. Sara Willis and
Mrs. Lucile Smith, first grade; Mrs.
Ells Morgan, second grade; Miss
Annie Msy Gibbs and Mrs. Norma
Mason, fourth grade; Mrs. Evelyn
Morton and Mrs. Bessie Wade,
fifth grade.
Miss Flora Davis, sixth grade;
Mrs. Margaret Day and Mra. Dori*
Scott, seventh grade; Mrs. Mamie
Taylor and Mrs. Octavla Nelson,
eighth grade; Delfldo Cordova, in
dustrial arts.
Mrs. Florence Cordova, home
economics; Gannon Talbert Jr.,
math, science; Norman Clark,
science, physical education; Mrs.
Sarah Hamilton, librarian; Mra.
Rosalie Dowdy, Engliah, history.
Mra. Hattie L Phillips. Engliah;
Mrs. Helen Baily, French, math;
Mrs. Zelma Phillips, history, so
ciology; and R. T. Wade, nuaic,
sociology.