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46th YEAR, NO. 102. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1966 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Milton Bland Returns Home
From Desert Mine Mission'
By BOB SEYMOUE
The North African desert over
which some of the most spectacu
lar battles of the Second World
War were fought still echoes with
i the sound of exploding mines.
Trained crews of native laborers
are exploding the mines instead
of tanks, and a great number of
the natives were trained by Milton
Bland, 2104 Evans St., Morehcad
City.
Mr. Bland, wh6 just returned to
Morehcad City a week ago yester
day, after a year in Libya, is a
consultant engineer for oil com
panies interested in locating oil
west of the Suez Canal. Even
though major American and British
oil .upanies have poured millions
of dollars into the search, no oil
has been found as yet, Mr. Bland
reports.
The biggest single hazard in the
search is the fact that the desert
is so thoroughly "booby -trapped"
with land mines laid in World War
II that workers refuse to leave
the roads or areas which have
been checked for mines.
Mines Not Deteriorated
Due to climatic conditions in the
desert, the mines laid during the
war arc just as good today as they
ever were. As an example of the
vastness of the mine fields, Mr.
Bland gave one instance.
When Rommel was driving
across the desert toward Alexan
dria, Egypt, the British, under
Gen. Bernard Montgomery, de
cided to hold a line from the Med
iterrancan to the Quatarra Dc
i pression. The depression is some
1,000 feet below the floor of the
desert, with sheer walls all around
it except for a small pass. It is
some 200 miles long and varies
in width.
It was impossible to take an ar
mored force through the depres
sion and with the sea on the north,
the British had a line some 35
miles long to defend. They an
chored their line at El Alamein
on the sea and at the depression
in the desert. Then they started
laying land mines. The field ex
tends some 200 miles, with mines
laid in four to six-foot squares.
Of course there arc breaks in the
field where the British were able
to maneuver their own tanks, but
no one knows where they arc.
l ooking Back
History shows the British made
a fine choice, for here they held
Rommel's tanks and that was the
turning point of the war in North
Africa. As Rommel retreated, he
used land mines to slow the pro
gress of the British. Each time a
patrol would go out to hold a po
sition, land mines would be laid
around the position? and left af
ter the defenders had departed.
Fortunately, all mines used in
North Africa were the metal or
wooden variety, which can be lo
cated by use of mine detectors.
The wooden ones have enough
nails or metal parts to record on
the detectors used today.
According to Mr. Bland, the job
of clearing the mines from the
desert would be nearly impossible
had the plastic mines been in use
during the war. Detectors do not
react to plastic types of mines.
Leaves Army
In February of last year Mr.
Bland resigned his commission in
the Army and entered the business
of clearing land mines. He was
a major and in charge of the mine
warfare school at Fort Bclvoir,
Md., when he resigned.
He had served in Europe, the
Philippines, Alaska, and Korea
while an officer in the Army, but
he says that he had only passed
through North Africa.
He went to Egypt first and took
his family along. He worked in
the Egyptian mine fields until last
winter, when he moved to Libya
and sent his family to Morehcad
City.
Libya is divided into what
amounts to two separate countries,
Tripolitania and Cyrenycia. Each
has its own government and laws,
even though both are under the
rule of King Idris.
When the tension over the Suez
Canal broke into open warfare,
the Libyan government supported
Americans in every way possible,
according to Mr. Bland, while the
oil company employees in Egypt
were forced to evacuate.
Those employees, he noted, are
still in hotels in Rome drawing
their pay and wondering when
they will go back.
Mr. Bland and his crews were
able to work through most of the
crisis, and he plans to return in
a month or so. He says that he
will leave his wife and five chil
dren at their home on Evans Street
due to housing and school condi
tions in Libya.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Bland, the
former Miss Marie Hodges Buffun,
are from near Washington, N. C.
In his war service and civilian
travels, Mr. Bland has seen a
great part of the world, but he
declares that eastern North Caro
lina is the only place that he
would ever want to call "home."
The Blands have five children;
(leorg*, 9, Nancy, 6, Patricia. 5,
Milton Jr., 2, and Kenneth, four
months. "With a family this
large," says Mr. Bland, "1 would
not consider taking them back
with me at this time."
North Africa is an interesting
and historical expanse of country,
according to Mr. Bland. After driv
ing miles and miles through the
desert, cross country of course,
one is likely to run into an old
Roman fort, set up to protect the
caravan trails, or he might come
to a screeching halt to sec the
floor of the Quatarra Depression
some 1,000 feet below him.
Along the coast arc remains of
ancicnt civilizations which have
survived the ravages of time and
wars ? and there arc the hundreds
of tanks abandoned after they
were put out of action by the mil
lions, and millions, and millions
of mines.
Sorghum Molasses Presses
Give Way to Progress Too
Bjt F. ^ SALISBURY
Like the windmills once scat
tered throughout the county, but
long since vanished, so have the
crude presses and evaporating
pans used for the making of sor
ghum molasses.
One of the last makers of this
"sweeting" in Carteret County was
W. E. Baggs, who at that time
lived near the settlement of Boguc,
but now makes his home at Swans
boro. His outfit was a familiar
sight near his home in the early
fall after the canc had fully rip
ened.
Sorghum cane plants resemble
Indian corn in general appearance
and habit of growth, but without
ears. It is distinguished by heavy
heads of small seeds which term
inate the stalk.
Stalks Stripped
In the making of syrup the stalks
are stripped of their leaves after
the seeds have ripened and the
tops are cut off. The stalks are
then cut close to the ground and
passed through heavy rollers to
extract the juice which is then
boiled in shallow pans until a
syrup of desired consistency is ob
tained.
Extracting the juice kept one
man busy feeding the stalks into
the press, as well as kcepnig the
horse or mule in motion, for power
for the press was one horse or
mule, hitched to a long tongue
extending from the head of the
press. When power lagged and the
urging of the press operator failed,
a long whip came into use. Long
after the pressing was over a well
worn circular path remained.
Modern age had not reached the
construction of the canc press.
Presses were mostly home-made,
or two upright rollers, geared to
gcthcr with heavy tension springs,
to which th*4ac tongue was fas
tened. The sperator sat low enough
for the tongue to clear his head,
feeding the stalks between the rol
lers. A large pan below the rol
lers caught the juice along with
more or less pieces of stalk.
Women's Work
Boiling down the juice was left
mostly to the women folks. A large
shallow pan 4x6 feet was set over
a brick furnace. The pan was fit
ted with several partitions with
small outlets. The juice was poured
into one end of the pan and as it
cooked it worked its way to the
other end, where it camc out as
molasses.
This process required about an
hour and a half for converting each
tray of juice into pale brown sor
ghum. One or two persons worked
continuously over the pan, skim
ming off all extraneous matter
which arose to the surface.
The Civil War caused a scarcity
of sugar in the United States and
sorghum syrup came into wide
spread use as a substitute. Sor
ghum-making in Carteret County
has joined the long list of house
hold chores which were once as
widely-practiced as can-opening is
today.
A whole generation is on the
way who will never "sop" a bis
cuit, hot out of the oven, in a
plate of 'lassca and butter.
Coroner Finds
No Foul Play
Coroner Leslie Springlc says that
there will be no inquest into the
drowning of Wilson Batts, 2t. who
was found floating in Bogue Sound
near the Atlantic Beach bridge
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Springle
said that he found no evidence of
foul play.
Fort Macon Coast Guardsmen
BMC Dalton Burrus, EN-1 Earl
Sells, and EN-2 Earl Taylor were
given credit for bringing the body,
after it was spotted by an Atlantic
Beach bridge tender.
Batts had been missing from the
Sea Raider since Saturday, Dec. ?.
The Sea Raider's crew was paid off
by Wallace Fisheries that night,
and he had not been seen since.
The body was badly decomposed
when it was pulled from the water.
Sheriff Hugh Salter and BMC
James Gaskill assisted the coroner
in the . investigation.
Glee Clubs Give
Yule Program
The junior and senior Glee Clubs
of Newport High School presented
a program of Christmas music in
the high school auditorium Sun
day. Two hundred fifty people at
tended.
Features of the program were
solos by Miss Jo Ann Wade and
the novelty number, Hardrock,
Coco and Joe by the boys' chorus.
The numbers were Silent Night,
Winds Through the Olive Trees,
Angel Choirs on High Do Sing,
First Christmas Morn by the jun
ior chorus with Jenny Lynn Gar
ner, accompanist.
Christmas Bells, Shepherds,
Harkl the Glad Sound. Sleep My
Jesu, Sleep, O Holy Night with
Miss Wade as soloist.
Come to the Stable, Jesu Bam
bino, White Christmas with Peggy
Jo Wallace as soloist, and 'Twas
the Night Before Christinas. Gay
nelle Gray was accompanist for
the glee club.
The program ended with the au
dience singing Silent Night. Mrs.
Ruby Woodruff was choral direc
tor.
Sgt. Joe Smith decorated the
Christmas tree in the lobby of the
Morehead City Municipal Building.
Coming!
Don't miss the coming issues
of THE NEWS-TIMES!
The Christinas Issue, Dee. 25
?This issue will carry personal
greetings from Carteret's busi
nessmen directly to you. There
will be Christmas features on
the editorial page and through
out the paper that the whole
family will love.
Friday, Dec. 28 ? Roger W.
Babson's Outlook for 1957, the
most accurate business forecast
in the nation, will be published.
Tuesday, Jan. 1 ? The year's
events, 1956, pass in review un
der the eyes of Carteret's his
torian, F. C. Salisbury. This
year-end interesting chronology
will be accompanied by pic
tures.
All this, plus the regular, pop
ular features.
Jaycees Begin
Yule Program
The Morchcad City Jaycees will
distribute gifts of toys and food to
families in Morehead City tomor
row afternoon and night. Wednes
day night they wrapped up over
175 toys which they collected at
the cartoon carnival at the City
Theatre Saturday morning.
They plan to hear a speaker
representing the national eye bank
at one of the January meetings.
The Jaycees are investigating the
possibilities of maintaining an eye
bank for this area.
The Christmas lighting program
was discussed at the Jaycees
weekly meeting at Hotel Fort Ma
con Monday night President Her
bert Phillips says that is is al
most certain that the project will
go in the red this year. So far
about $1,800 has been raised, with
a minimum expense of 12,700 ex
pected.
He urged customers to ask for
their give-away tickets and attend
the final drawing at 2 p.m. Mon
day, in front of the Municipal
Building. Cash prizes of $100, $50.
$25, $15, and $10 will be given to
holders of the lucky tickets.
State Revokes Two
Drivers' Licenses
Drunken driving convictions in
county recorder * court resulted in
the revocation of the driver's li
censes of Lawrence Wtrd Simp
son. Beaufort, sod Fred Smith,
Newport. The revocation notice
was released by the state high
way safety division for the first
weak of December.
William David Carden, Newport,
was convicted for speeding over
7S miles per hour, and his license
was suspended.
Garment Workers Reject Union
By Overwhelming 2-1 Majority
Mother and Child
By PR. J. CARTER SWAIM
Director, Department of the
English Bible, National Council
of Churches
Of events which transpired at
the first Christmas Luke writes:
'Mary kept all these things, pon
dering them in her heart." What
things? Among them surely was
the straw in which she lay as the
child was horn, and the manger
which served as bassinet. Did
Mary feel that the animals were
kinder than the people? The inn
keeper had no room, but the cattle
did not oust her child from their
feeding-trough.
And then there were the premo
nitions about her boy. He was "to
save his. people from their sins."
But was this what his people really
wanted? Would they not like it
better if he led a revolution and
helped them throw off the Roman
tyranny? How oppressive it was to
know that 40 per cent of each fam
ily's income was drained away by
Rome! And would people welcomc
God's forgiveness? "There was no
place for them in the inn." Would
there be any place for Him in the I
world? Did the setting sun on that'
first Christmas day seem to cause
the shadow of a cross to fall upon
the manger?
Simeon, who had waited long for
God's deliverance, knew that now :
his eyes had looked upon Messiah: '
"Behold this child is set for the
fall and rising of many in Israel."
But what would it do to a mo
ther's heart to know that her boy
had caused the overthrow of many
of the great ones of earth? Was
this what Simeon meant when he
added:
"A sword will pierce through
your own soul also"?
These things Mary pondered.
They shadowed but did not blot
a ut for her the joy of Christmas.
It was she who later told her Son:
"When a woman is in travail she
has sorrow, because her hour has
come; but when she is delivered
of the child, she no longer remem
bers the anguish, for joy that a
child is born into the world" (John
16:21).
Judge Issues Order to Find
Four Missing Defendants
Four defendants failed to ap-'
pear in Morchcad City recorder's
court Monday, and capiases were
issued for their arrest. The four
who didn't show up were Louis
Marshall, no driver's license; John
Lee Bowonon, driving on the
wrong side of the road and no
driver's license; Robert Hughes
Collins, no driver's liccnsc; and
Alton Edward Lloyd, speeding.
James Kenneth Leister, who was
charged with speeding and care
less and reckless driving, pled in
nocent to the careless and reck
less charge, later amended to tak
ing an improper left turn. He was
fined $10 for each offense and
taxed court costs.
Percy Allen Green paid $15 and
costs for speeding. Four defen
dants were fined $10 and costs,
all for offenses involving speed
ing. They were Robert S. Springer,
Edna G. Stuckey, James Waldo
Gillikin, who also had no tail
lights, and Jimmie Dale Willis,
who had an improper muffler.
Willis's fine will be remitted if
he has * good muffler installed
within one week.
Costs Paid
The following paid costs: Harry
Blackwcll and James H. Curry,
public drunkenness; James Wan
ormakcr, speeding; Annie Mac
Hinson, assault; and Irene Andres,
who paid costs of an October
judgment.
Mrs. Sam Fundcrburk, after
swearing out a warrant against
her husband, refused to testify
that he assaulted her. The court
ordered her to pay court coats
after deciding that the prosecu
tion was frivilous and malicious.
John Lawless paid half costs for
drunk and disorderly conduct. Joe
Waters was found not guilty of
breaking and entering the bouse
of Annie Mac Hinson, 1304 Fisher
St.
Case Dropped
Beatrice Mitchell and Charles
Dunn were not tried on a charge
of cohabitation due to lack of evi
dence.
Continued cases were John Rich
ard Taylor, Harry Lee Norman,
Ed Kelley, Julian Wade, David
Edward White, Raymond G.
Chugg, James Coyle, Robert Lee
Turner, and Raymond Earl Whit
ney.
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For Most, It Will
Be 2-Day Holiday
Beaufort and Morchcad City
Chambers of Commerce report
that nearly all businesses in the
two towns will be closed Christ
mas day and the day following,
Wednesday. Banks, department
stores, and most of the grocery
stores fall into this category.
Drug stores will be on call for
prescriptions but not open for
business.
The city halls and the court
house will be closed Monday
through Wednesday. Morchead
City recorder's court will not
be in regular session Monday,
but will handle cases of all who
are in jail awaiting trial.
The shortest vacation, Christ
mas day only, goes to the post
office, while the schools get the
longest one, noon today until
Jan. 2.
Beaufort Colonial Store
To Be Open Wednesday
The Beaufort Colonial Store will
be open all day Wednesday, Dec.
26.
Both the Morchead City and
Beaufort Colonial Stores will be
closed on Christmas Day and the
Morehead City store will be closed
also on the following day, Dec. 26.
Rolh stores will be open tonight
and tomorrow night until 8:30 p.m.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dec. 21
10:52 a m. 4:32 a.m.
11:19 p.m. S:13 p.m.
Katarday, Dee. 22
11:46 a.m. 5:31 a.m.
6:06 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 23
1219 a m. 6 32 a m
12:43 P m. 7:01 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 24
1:20 a.m. 7:38 a.m.
142 p.m. 7:58 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 25
2:2fl a.m. 8:46 a.m.
2:44 p.m. 8.SS p.m.
Tyndall Piner
Hits Car Parked
On Highway 17
Mrs. Tyndall Piner, Otway, was
seriously injured when her hus
band hit a ear parked on Highway
17. about five miles north of
Bridgeton early Tuesday morning.
She was thrown against the wind
shield, receiving cuts and bruises.
Her right arm was broken.
Mr. and Mrs. Piner were re
turning to Morehead City after j
taking their daughter, Wilma, to
Suffolk, Va., where she works as
a registered nurse. Mr. Finer said
that it was foggy, and he did not
see the parked car until he was
about to hit it.
The front end of his 1955 Ford
was seriously damaged, and he
estimated that the amount of dam
age would run about $1,000. He
broke the steering wheel from its '
column when he hit it with his I
chest.
Mr. Piner said that the parked,
car belonged to John Cotton, a j
Marine stationed at Cherry Point.
Cotton said that his fuel pump had '
quit, and that he hadn't thought
to push the car off the road.
He was given a ticket for sev
eral offenses, according to Mr.
Piner. Major offense, of course,
was parking on the highway. The
highway patrolman who investi
gated the accident said that Cot
ton's lights were not on at the
time of the accident, according
to Mr. Piner.
Mrs. Piner was treated at a New
Bern hospital and cainc home
Wednesday afternoon.
Farm Workers
Elect Officers
The Agriculture Workers Coun
cil elected new officers and dis
cussed the goals for 1957 at their
meeting Monday night in the farm
agent's office, Beaufort.
Mrs. David Beveridge replaces
Mrs. D. Cordova as chairman of
the council. Other officers are
David Jones, vice-chairman and
program chairman; Harry Ven
ters, secretary -reporter; and C. S.
Long, Mrs. D. Cordova, and Mrs.
Floy Garner, members of the pro
gram committee.
John Bryan, district ASC field
man from Greenville, was a guest
at the meeting. Others present
were County Agent R. M. Wil
liams and ASC Manager B. J.
May.
The members of the council
were asked to submit suggested
goals for 1937 to Mr. Jones. He
will compile the suggestions and
offer them at the next meeting.
Santa to Visit Newport
From 2 to 5 Monday
Santa Claus, in a brand new
suit, will visit Newport from 2 to
S p.m. Monday, the day before
Christmas.
He will be at the Christmas tree
at the railroad station and will
have candy, fruit and nuts for all
good little boys and girls.
His appearance is sponsored
every year by the Newport Fire
Department.
Representatives of Nine
Counties Attend Meeting
Representatives from nine cut
em North Carolina counties at
tended an organizational meeting
of the East Central North Caro
lina Development Organization at
the Hotel Kinston Monday night.
They were guests of the Com
mercial National Bank, Kinston,
which is sponsoring organization
of the group Representatives from
Carteret County Included Jack
Lewis, manager of the Commer
cial National Bank, Morehcad
City; Norwood Young. Beaufort;
Joe DuBois. manager of the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce; and Joe Mason, manager
of the Sea Level Chamber of Com
merce.
Named U Committee
Mr. Mason and Mr. DuBoia were
appointed to a committee to com
plete plans of organization. There
will be no capital, no stock, and
no membership dues, according to
Mr. DuBoia
The model for the new cor
poration It the Northwest North
Carolina Development Aasociation.
which was sponsored by Wachovia
National Bank, Winston - Salem.
Archlc K. Davla, chairman of the
WachovU board, was the speaker.
Mr. Davis explained the func
tions of the development organiza
tions Forty counties are now par
ticipating in plans Similar to the
one proposed for this section, he
said. The only expense incurred
by most of the groups is publica
tion of a brochure showing bus
iness. industrial, and farming op
portunities in their areas.
Area Marketing
The development, of area mar
kets for farm products, according
to Mr. Davis, will give farmera
a more steady market for their
produce, aince large companies
demand a guarantee of quantity
before they sign buying agree
ments.
All counties included in the or
ganization have access to the
A A EC railroad and US 70, accord
ing to Mr. DuBois, and anything
that helps one will in some way
help all the others. With good
transportation facilities, the mar- '
kets can b? located anywhere In !
the area and atill serve all the i
counties, be remarked. t
Counties In the organization are, i
in addition to Carteret, Craven, I
Pamlico, Pitt, Sampson, Greene, i
Jonca, Lenoir and Wayoc. <
Employees of the Morehead City Garment Company
voted better than two to one yesterday morning against
affiliation with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, AFL-CIO. The actual count was 1.19 against and
52 in favor of the move. The majority, according to plant
manager Truman Kemp, was the largest of any of the
three elections conducted by the<
National Labor Relations board.
Louis Wolberg, Winston-Salem,
representative of the labor board,
conducted the elections. He was
responsible to see that fair prac
tices were carried out by both
union and management during the
election. He was assisted by Miss
Juanita Johnson and Mrs. Claudia
Hall, who checked off each work
er's name as he voted.
Four voters were challenged by
the two ladies on grounds that they
were no longer employed by the
company. The four votes were put
into a special envelope. An inves
tigation as to their validity would
have been conducted if the vote had
been close.
Mrs. Lucille Witt, Wilmington,
state director of the union, and
Miss Rachel Barnes, Lexington,
union representative, were present
for the counting of votes.
Since less than 30 per cent of the
workers voted in favor of the union,
Mr. Wolberg was asked to com
ment on the ruling which states
that 30 per cent of the workers in
a factory must sign a petition be
fore his board will conduct a vote.
He said that the required 30 per
cent had signed the petition, even
though they obviously did not vote
for the union. Mrs. Witt said that
she had no explanation for the
small number of union votes.
When asked whether or not the
union plans another effort at or
ganizing the workers, she s.*?id that
she felt that "It is up to us to make
that decision." Moments later she
said that the union never attempt
ed to organize until the workers in
vited them in.
The law states that union organ
izers must wait at least a year be
fore another attempt can be made
to organize a union. Mrs. Witt
and Miss Barnca came to More
head City in March to prepare for
the election.
In a prepared * alMcrm lit, Mr.
Kemp and Mrs. Edna Jaflrson,
president of the company, said:
"The management is naturally
gratified that the employees have
so strongly expressed their loyalty
to the company in this overwhelm
ing vote against the union. The
outcome is a very clear refutation
of all the claims and assertions
which the union and its organizers
have been making during these
many months.
"It should be noted that on two
previous occasions during recent
years the employees of the More
head City Garment Company sim
ilarly voted against this same
union. The present vote, however,
went against that union by a
heavier majority than either of the
two previous elections."
The garment company employees
begin their week-long Christmas
vacation with pay today. This is
one of two paid vacation weeks
given annually.
Plant officials point out that em
ployees' wages have gone up this
year, and that they already have
vacations with pay, hospital insur
ance, and other benefits the union
promised.
Santa Claus will leave the More
head City fire station at 7; 30 p.m.
tomorrow. His special fire truck
will stop at every corner along
Arendcll Street. At each stop he
will distribute apples, oranges and
tangerines to the children.
Governor Refers
WaterwaysQuery
To Study Group
Gov. Luther Hodges was host
to a joint committee seeking laws
to authorize a State Waterways
Commission Tuesday morning in
Raleigh. The committee was com
posed of representatives from the
All-Seashore Highway Association
and the Southeastern North Caro
lina Beach Association.
After hearing the committee.
Governor Hodges referred them to
his governmental reorganization
committee. The reorganization
committee will determine whether
or not a waterways commission
is justified in the state set-up.
The date for the hearing by the
reorganization committee has not
been set.
Luther Hamilton, Morehead City,
was spokesman for the highway
association, and State Senator J.
V. Whitfield, Burgaw, spoke for
the SENCBA.
Other delegates from this area
representing the highway group
were Stanley Wahab, Ocracoke,
Joe DuBois, Morehead City, and
Garland Fulchcr, Oriental.
The committee told the gover
nor that there must be planning,
on a state-wide basis, for water
ways and state funds for purchas
ing equipment to dredge smaller
channels and waterways.
The equipment would servo
three purposes, the committee
pointed out. In addition to main
taining waterways, the equipment
could be used to build dunes 011
tbc outer bantu and fill in parshes
to combat t^^imgiquito menace.
Bodies Found
In Adams Creek
Bruce Edwards, Craven County
deputy sheriff, and William
Thome, Greenville, found the bod
ies of Bonnie Lee Edwards and
Aubrey Coley Stanley Monday af
ternoon near the mouth of Adams
Creek.
The two men had been missing
since Dec. 6, when they disap
peared on a fishing trip. The Coast
Guard located their boat but gave
up the search after two days.
A reward of $500 had been raised
by friends of the families of the
missing men for the finder of the
bodies. Since both Mr. Edwards
and Mr. Thome were related to
Bonnie Lee Edwards, the reward
will be split between the two
widows.
Mr. Stanley was the son-in-law
of S. A. Horton, Morchead City.
He had spent all his life in the
Cox's Mill Community near Green
ville. He served in the U. S. Army
in the European Theater from
1943 until 1946. He was married
to Miss Myra Horton of Greenville
in 1943. He was a member of Rose
Hill Free Will Baptist Church and
a member of Aydcn Masonic
Lodge. He was a farmer and mer
chant.
Surviving in addition to his wife
are one daughter, Avis Elaine
Stanley of the home; his mother,
Mrs. Emmett A. Stanley of the
home; three sisters, Mrs. Marvin
McLawhorn of the Cox's Mill Com
munity, Mrs. Fred McLawhorn of
Greenville, Mrs. Vance T. Corey
Jr. of near Greenville; three bro
thers, Jasper L. of near Green
ville, Luther D. of Cox's Mill and
Norman V. Stanley of the Cox's
Mill Community.
Legion Auxiliary Sends
Gifts to Veteran Hospitals
The American Legion Auxiliary.
Beaufort, has sent Christmas gifts
to veterans' hospitals at Oteen,
Swannanoa, Salisbury, Durham
and Fayctteville.
Funds to buy the gifts were ob
tained by selling poppies and
through membership dues.
Coaaty Allotted $11, *M
B. J. May, ASC office manager,
reports that the county's farmers
will be eligible to receive up to
119,000 for following approved agri
culture practices In 1K7. Fifteen
thousand dollars was allotted to th?
county for 19M. Mr. May says that
Farmers did not earn all of that
amount and part of it would prsb
ibly go to other countics.