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Plaintiffs in Water Case Appeal to High Court Newport residents hoping to pre vent installation of a town-wide water system have appealed to the State Supreme Court. At the Newport town board meet ing Tuesday night at the town hall George Ball, town attorney, said that the plaintiffs gave notice of appeal Jan. 29. The appeal followed a second ruling by a superior court judge that the complaint set forth no grounds for action. Seventeen New port citixens are contesting the right of the town to install a water system, alleging that there were irregularities in the referendum which gave the town the right to borrow $120,000. $300 Paid Water Commissioner B. R. Gar ner reported that approximately $300 was collected by the water, clerk, Ira Jones, last month. He said one resident near the Six Cases Tried In Recorder's Court Monday Only 11 cases were on the docket at Morchead City recorder's court Monday, and four of them- were continued. Of the seven remaining cases, six were heard because J. E. Morris requested a jury trial on a drunken driving charge. Roland Adair Small paid $200 and costs for his second offense of driv ing drunk. He was also ordered to pay Dr. Theodore Salter $188.91 for damages to his car. Small received a six months' suspended sentence. Carlton Pittman appealed a 30 day jail sentence to superior court. He had been convicted of public drunkenness. He posted a $50 bond. Leonard N. Quillen paid $25 and costs for careless and reckless driv ing. He was given a 10-day sus pended sentence. Patrick Henry McNamara paid court costs for public drunkenness, and a public drunkenness case against Clarence Ranson was con tinued indefinitely. Pat Ann Lister showed that she had a valid driver's license when she was arrested, and the state did not prosecute. Cases were continued against George M. Hall. David F. Range, Daniel B. Alford, and Willie Clif ton Smith. Court Clerk Reports On January Receipts Total receipts received in the superior court office in January were $5,236.98, reports A. H. James, clerk. According to the report given the county board Monday, $2,541 50 was received from Morehead City Recorder's Court; $223.15 from county court, $364.37 from superior court, and probate and clerk's fees amounted to $107.96. water tower thought there was too much chlorine in the water. Mayor Iieon Mann suggested that the water be tested at the home in question. i Commissioner Garner said that more people tapping on to the i system would help the situation | He remarked that there was no circulation" because all the ! water lines dead-end. ! Mayor Mann quipped, "The only j circulation is between our lawyer and theirs * (Representing the 17 ! protesting citizens in the water 'fight is C. R. Wheatly, Beaufort). At the request of Commissioner J. M. Cox, the board passed an ordinance to prevent insanitary livestock pens or hen houses from being located within 200 yards of any dwelling. j Police Commissioner Wilbur 'Garner said that the police chief, Dan Bell, told him the town could have a police office for $10 a month, the office also to be used by the State Highway Patrol. Town llall Offered The board said that the chief and highway patrolmen would be welcome to use the town hall if they need an office. A phone, desk and filing cabinets are available in the town hall. The board authorized the return | of taxes to a resident whose prop erty is located outside the town I | limits but who paid taxes last j year to the town of Newport. The clerk, Miss Edith Lockey, I reported that 250 gallons of gas I were used from the town pump last month. Cost to the town is 25.6 cents a gallon. Funds on hand Feb. 1 totaled $4,243.81. Bills totaling about $900 were ordered paid. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned, was Com missioner H. C. Gurganus, who served colas. Commissioner Gar ner supplied the candy. Prizewinner To Receive Tire I A recapped tire will be the door prize at the Business and Profes sional Women's Club bridge party i at 7:30 next Friday night, Feb. 15. at the American Legion Build ing, Beaufort. Persons buying tic kets need not be present to win. A tire to fit the winner's car will be given. Prizes for players include grease jobs, crate of soft drinks, blanket, passes to theatres, cartons of cig arettes and numerous others. Mrs. C. L. Beam and Mrs. Floyd Chad wick, bridge party chairmen, re port that everyone will win a prize. In addition to table prizes, card bingo will be played until each player wins. . Free refreshments, sandwiches, cake and coffee, will be served. Tickets, at a dollar each, may be obtained from club members or reservations may be made by phoning Mrs. Beam, 2-4501, or | Mrs. Chadwick, 6-4431. Last Chance! CARTERET COMMUNITY THEATRE ? I will be a theatre patron for the fiscal year Feb. 1, IK; Jan. SI, | 195*. Inclosed fiMl cheek or money order (or $ ? Signed (please print or type): Nan Address: (Mail this to Miss Lillian Frances Uiddens. Theatre President, 2#3 N. nth St , More head City, N. C.) Have you returned this eoupon with your patron membership check? The Carteret Community Thea tre is making its last call. Pa tron members thus far are T. Hartlett Sage. Morehead City, the Emeritus Club, and Mr. and Mrs. Skinner Chalk, Morehead City. Patron membership entitles persons to attend the three plays given each season. They will be privileged to sit in the reserved seat section and their names will be listed on the program as pa trons. New officers of the theatre will be elected at the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night at the recreation building, Morehead City. They will take office in March. Now in rehearsal is the play. Laura, which will Ik4 the first of three to be given in the theatre's 1957 58 fiscal year. March of Dimes Collection Totals $2,392.85 to Date March of Dimes funds yesterday stood at $2,392.85, Mrs. Clem John son, campaign treasurer, an nounced. Mrs. Johnson said that some money pledged on the WITN Tele thon has not yet come in. Persons who gave money through the TV program should send their checks to Mrs. Johnson, Box 651, More head City. Business places which cooperat ed in the radio advertising pro gram for the March of Dimes should also mail their checks to Mrs. Johnson. School and kindergarten collec tions follow: Beaufort School $542 74. Stella School $8 15, Newport $156.52, St. Egbert's $12.57, Morehead City kindergarten $4.85, Atlantic $140 - 61, Queen Street $77 49. Markers Island $33.52, Morehead City $200.97, Smyrna $164.50, Sal ter Path $8 31, W. S. King School $31.89, and Camp Glenn $228.70. Contributions by the schools will be figured at the rate given per pupil and the school which has given the most, per capita, will present a record player to its polio pal. The Newport Legion Auxiliary contributed $5 to the campaign and the Morehead City Eastern Star $10. Any other organizations wash ing to contribute should mail checks to Mrs. Johnson. Raised in the March of Dimes campaign last year was $5,543.91. The figure quoted as the total in a story two weeks ago was just half the actual total, or the share retained by the county chapter. All coin collector contributions have not yet been totaled. The first commercial radio broadcast was made in 1922. msH'miE" got y ou down ? tnri mm iitcrvcMir m-tlfCTIHC HOMC IMHMHV GIVES YOU THE HOME LAUNDRY FEATURES WANTED MOST BY MOST HOME MAKERS SAVE $6995 By Buying Both Washer $319.00 Dryer 249.95 Total. 9568.95 Get Both for $499.00 Automatic Washer ? All Porcelain Insidr and Onl ? .Two-Cycle Wond-R-Dial for Normal or Delicate Wash ? Path-Button Wash and Ulnae Temperature C? trail ? Automatic P re-Soak Period ? Automatic Prc-Selected Wash Time ? Automatic Full or Partial Uad Control ? 4-Way Aquamatic Wash-Rinse Action ? Automatic SMHment Swirl Out Automatic Dryer ? Puih Button Temperature Control ? New Clothes Freshner ? Precision Electric Timer ? Porcelala-Flalshrd Chassis and Drum ? One-Plecc, All-Welded (liassis ? Safely Door Catch . . . Safety Cat-Off Switch ? Sealed Calrod Heating Unit Phmting & s"pp'y Co. ph?*M 2-4696 ? B~ufort. N. C. Engineer (Continued from Page 1) to build a high, high mountain. A challenge of more recent years j was the sump-rehandler dredge, requiring an entirely new tech nique in operation and adding a milestone to the history of dredg ing. Honored in 1953 In 1955 Captain Scarborough was, named one of the 13 outstanding men in Delaware. Before his re tirement last December he was given a testimonial dinner and re ceived many commendations, in cluding one from Maj. Gen. E. C. Itschner. Chief of Engineers, Wash- ( ington, D. C. lie was presented with a Browning Automatic shot gun and case, and with a unique coffee table made from a ship's wheel, for his Ocracoke home. Mrs. Scarborough before her marriage in 1926 was Hilda Brims field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Brimsfield of Philadel phia. They have a son, Neafie Jr., of Woodbury, N. J., who is in the U. S. Coast Guard on the Cutter Lilac. By a former wife, Elsie Bo wen, deceased, of Bath, he had twin daughters, Mrs. George S. Hewitt and Mrs. A. Harvey Bridge Jr., both of Havertown, Pa. There arc three grandchildren, Linda and Barbara Hewitt, and Dean A. Scarborough. Captain Scarborough is a mem ber of Jackson Lodge No. 19, AF and AM of Delaware City, a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner, and a member of the Military Engineers Club of Philadelphia. Since his re turn home he has joined the Ocra coke Civic Club and has already given helpful information in the club's discussion of the Ocracoke Inlet dredging. Like all Ocracokers, he loves to fish and hunt. Another hobby is carpentry and he is already busy remodeling the interior of the for mer Guthrie home which he and Mrs. Scarborough purchased about three years ago. He is looking for ward to many years of peace and enjoyment in his native land, Oc racoke Island. I Newport Rotary ;To Elect Officers Bob Montague. Newport Rotary president, appointed Charles S. Long as chairman of the nominat ing committee at Monday night's meeting at the PTA Center in Newport Roy T. Garner and Na than H. Garner were named to serve as members of the commit tee which will nominate officers for 1957 58 The Rotary year runs from July 1 through June 30. March 29 was set as the date for the club's womanless wedding Proceeds from the event will go toward the cost of converting the county health departments fluoro | scope to an X-ray machine. Lonnie W. Howard, program chairman for the night, brought hit son Tommn as a guest. They preaented a program, My Job. Mr. Howard is a contractor for heavy equipment work. He described the types of equipment used in his work and told what jobs each piece of equipment was designed to do. After the meeting, the board of directors met and elected E. B. Comer International service direc tor. W. C. Carlton of the Morehead City Rotary Club was the only out of town guest. Concert Postponed The Morehead City School Band concert scheduled for last night was postponed because of illness Of bind members. The concert has been /^- scheduled for next Thurs day, Feb 14, at ? p.m. at tlje school. Jaycees Bring State Meeting To Morehead By EKNFJiT L. CAMJWN' The slate Jayeee fourth quarterly hoard meeting nas been scheduled for Morehead City April 27 and 28. This will provide a full weekend of business, politics, and fun for the Jayeees. The program includes a get acquainted party and dance along with the business meetings. Vlsi ton arc expected from throughout the state, and state officers will attend.. The selection of Morehead City as host city was announced at the third quarterly board meet ing in Jacksonville last week. Morehead and Beaufort Jaycees cooperated on a shrimp and oyster party which renewed many friend ships and reminded everyone of successful board meetings pre viously held in Morehead City. Report Given The third quarterly report was presented to Morehead Jaycees at their regular Monday meeting at Hotel Fort Macon. This report summarized progress by several committees on current projects. The education committee is work ing on plans for a town meeting for all interested citizens to discuss methods of improving educational facilities and methods, according to Chairman Ken Fischler. Bob Davis, Jaycee vice president is working with a Speak-Up Jay cee group and this program will soon be a part of regular jaycee activities. Driver training education has been adopted as a club project un der Marion Mill's chairmanship. A formal resolution has been 'drafted by the club for presenta tion to representatives in the state legislature, endorsing increased license fees to defray the cost of instituting driver training educa tion in the schools. Lettering Approved A project to letter the town name atop the high school in ac cordance with CAA specifications has been adopted and will soon be completed to serve as an aerial marker for aircraft navigation. Projects which have been suc cessfully completed include the 1956 football program, the Christ mas program and lighting pro gram, and the DSA banquet. Charles M a r k e y. Centennial chairman, addressed the group and defined projects which will be carried out by the Jaycees. He met with men who will serve as project chairmen and discussed theit specific duties. These chairmen are Bill Single ton, country music program; J. G. Bennett and L. G. Dunn, co-chair men of the Centennial jubilee ball; Tim McCarthy, block party; and Dr. Bob Barnum, jubilee revue. The enthusiastic support of the Jaycees has been assured Mr. Mar key. Announces Sermon Topic The Rev. Alvin G. Harris Jr., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, announces that he will speak on The Fight for Life at the 11 a.m. service Sunday. The scripture will be taken from I Tim othy 6:3-21. Board (Continued from Pag* 1) Mac Wade, 2; and Patrolman Otis Willis, 1. Gerald Hill made a motion, sec onded by Mr. Mades, that the clerk be authorised to file tax judgments combining all delin quent taxes. The town has been using this method of filing judg ments for the past three years. Mr. Hill made another motion along the same line He said that the town should refuse a com promise tax settlement offered by letter from an attorney represent ing interests in Beaufort The mo tion was seconded by Mr. Chap lain and passed by the commis sioners. They instructed Mr. Wal ker to collect all back taxes owed the town. The clerk presented the finan cial report for January. Taxes collected totaled $9,443 on the 1956 levy. Back collections amount ed to $170.18. Received from the December liquor store receipts $1,719.06 Parking meter revenue was $614 38 and miscellaneous income was $646.74. Mayor Clifford I.t'wis presided at the meeting. Ii ? : County ABCSales Total mm Sales at ABC stores in the coun ty totaled $39,881 80 in January. Dividends paid were as follows: town of Beaufort $471.03, More head City Hospital $642 90. and Carteret County $1,378.22. According to the January report of the ABC board, the town of Newport was overpaid $758.91 for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1956. so the $264.29 due Newport for January sales will be withheld to help make up the deficit. This leaves a balance of $494.62 that Newport still owes the county The ABC board noted that the town would not receive a check until the $758.91 is worked out. I Miss Edith Lockey. clerk to the | Newport town board, commented at the board meeting Tuesday night that overpayment to the town occurred before and the town | was never notified. Checks just stopped coming. The Newport commissioners ex I pressed the opinion that it would I be helpful to them if the ABC| Deadline for New License Plates Is Next Friday R. M. McClain. director of state J license tag sales in the county, reminds motorists that next Fri day is the deadline for buying tags. Mr McClain s^ys that a total of 3,881 tags have been sold through the office in the install ment loan department of the First Citizens Bank, Morehead City. The sub-totals follow: cars ? 3,115; mo torcycles? 5; private trucks ? 448; farm trucks? 91; small trailers? 182; and large trailer*? 40. City tag sales in Morehead C'ily have reached 654, while in Beau fort 226 tags have been sold. Deadline for city tags is next Fri day too. Sweeping Duties Tucson. Ariz. (AP>? 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