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DICKIE DARE
Guard Unit Presents Gift ' II i?
Photo by JeiTy Schumacher
The framed scroll, I am the Guard, is presented to Mayor George W. Dill of Morebead City as offi
cial representative of the town. Second from left is Moses Howard, chairman of the county board of
commissioners, who also accepted a framed scroll on behalf of the county. At the right is Lt. Merritt
Bridgman, commanding officer of the Morehead City National Guard unit. Between Mr. Howard and Lieu
tenant Bridgman is J. A. IhiBois, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Commerce.
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IS. Eagle
14. W. Indian
sorcery: var.
15. Puppet
16. Amaze
18. Mill
20. Ecclesias
tical district
23. More orderly
27. Gaelic
28. French rirer
29. Yellow bugle
SO. Beat
21. Jewel
82. Ray
S3. Before
84. New Guinea
town
35. Lost to riew
38. Peril
88. Expunges
39. Recovered
the Inside
41. Agreeable
44. Loaf
48. Gain by
labor
49. Saul's
grandfather
50. Midday
51. Half quart
52 Ruler of
Tunia
63. Secures
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Solution to Friday's Puzzle
8 House
additioi
4. Stingy
6. Fruit
6. Formerly
7. Word of
opposite
meaning
8. Girl's name
9. Japanese
sash
10. Three-toed
sloths
11. College
cheer
17. Seaweeds
291,474 Visit
Fort Macon Park
Fort Macon had a total of 291,
474 visitors from the first of June
through the last of August. Smith
Ray, park superintendent, siiid 162,
736 visited the fort itself; 27,520
came to swim, and 19,938 used
the picnic facilities.
He estimated that 13,600 fish
ermen used park beaches.
The swimming area closed last
night, but other areas of the park
are still open to the public. "No
Swimming" signs have been placed
along the beach, and patrols will
frequently check the area to see
that no one is in the water.
No one drowned at the park
beach this year, and authorities
are anxious to see a perfect season.
Last year two teen-agers drowned
I when they swam outside the
marked swimming area.
The picnic area will be open as
jlou* as the .weather permits. The
fort is open year-round.
The last queen of the island of
Cyprus ceded it to Venice in
1489.
19. Tree
20. Stacked
21. Australian
cockatoo
22. Gone up
24. Rows
25. Shirk
26. Branch
28. American
general
31. Wreath
32. Trimming '
34. Dregs
35. Before:
prefix
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38. Ingress
40. Arrow
poison
41. Animation
42. Burmese
tribe
43. Sea bird
45. "John "
46. Fortune
47. Being
Rehearsal Tonight
The cast of Peg O' My Heart
will rehearse at ,7:30 tonight at
the recreation building, Morehead
City. There will also be a rehear
sal at 7:30 tomorrow night at the
recreational building. All mem
bers of the cast are to be present.
In ancient times, the purple of
Tyre, a dye made from shellfish,
cost the equivalent of $150 a
pound.
Beaufort
Air Conditioned
Phone 2-4836
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Thursday and Friday
Tuesday and Wednesday
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in an outlaw
wildtrntst!
Hlorehead
Last Three Days
? Tues. ? Wed. ? Thurs. ?
Gregory
Peck
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the birds
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bees
Mexico had 411,752 tourists in
1954 compared to 549,314 in 1955.
Friday and Saturday
;a.vt :i?iriity'
tiovies like this
no morale*
Harvey Lewis Gets
Six-Month Term
Harvey Lewis, Morehead City,
drew a six-month sentence in More
head City Recorder's Court yes
terday. He was charged with steal
ing a pickup truck, driving drunk
and driving without a license.
The 1950 truck was owne<f by
McDonald Willis and was taken
from in front of Willis's produce
stand at 7th and Arendell Streets,
Morehead City, Saturday night.
Police said that Lewis returned
the truck several hours later,
| jumped out and ran. About an
hour later, he was apprehended
by Sgt. Elmer Veitch Jr. and Ser
geant Buckles of the Morehead
City military police detachment.
Not Enough Stools
Philadelphia (AP) A downtown
luncheonette has only a few stools
for its patrons. It also has a large
sign: "Occupancy by more than
394 persons is dangerous and un
lawful."
Last Times Today
Audie Murphy
Pat Crowley
"Walk The Proud Land"
? Wed. ? Thurs. ?
RICHARD WIDMARK
TREVOR HOWARD
JANE GREER
World's Fattest Man
Will Be In
MOREHEAD CITY
Front of City News Stand
4 Days ? Sept. 5-6-7-8
Wed. thru Sat.
Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Daily
Weight ? 763 Lbs.
There will be no ticket* told to ?ee the world'*
fatteit man, but ? silver donation U suggested
from each and every person.
EVERYONE WELCOME