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49th YEAR, NO. 3. TWO SECTIONS TWELVE PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Carteret Contributes 10
To Big Highway Death Toll
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Newport Sells
Tags, Decals
? Board Orders Marling
Of Hargett Street
? No Change Made on
10 O'Clock Deadline
Town tags and decals for cars
and trucks are on sale now at Ed
wards Soda shop, Newport.
Both tags and decals are $1 each
and must be on the vehicle by Feb.
15. Mayor Leon Mann Jr. says
that no extension of time will be
granted.
Town commissioners, in session
Tuesday night at the town hall,
named Prentiss Garner as list
taker.
The board took no action on a
request from D. Ira Garner, re
layed by commissioner Leslie Ber
cegcay , that the time limit on sell
ing beer at night be extended from
10 p.m. to 11.
Commissioner Bercegeay report
ed that the Newport Industrial
Corp. is in the process of getting
figures on cost of a building, which
it plans to erect for a plasti-metal
industry.
,The board approved transferral
of 5900 from the general fund to
the water department. Commis
sioners Dick Lockey and Berce
geay reported that 127 gallons
were used out of the town pump
last month, quite a drop from the
number of gallons used in previous
months.
A lock is now on the pump and
a record kept of the gallonage
Lonnie Howard, contractor, gave
the board a price of $2 per ton on
marl and the board ordered that
Hargett Street be marled to a
packed depth of 4 inches. Street
commissioner John Kelly was au
thorized to supervise the opening
of Johnson Street by the side of
the railroad.
Commissioner Bercegeay re
quested that a hole on E. Fore*
Drive be repaired.
The board voted payment of $100
toward rebuilding the motor in the
police chief s car. Commissioner
Kelly did not vote; commissioner
Bercegeay voted against the pro
posal, commissioners Lockey, Ben
nie Garner and Wilbur Garner for
The clerk. Miss EdiUi Lockey,
read a letter from the town audi
^Lu0.s!ah Bailey. relative to state
withholding tax and higher social
security deductions.
Bills in the amount of $592.82
were ordered paid, leaving a bal
$2 960 66* gencral fund 01
Newport Firemen
List Committees
Fire department committees for
1960 were named at the meeting
of Newport firemen Monday night
at the town hall.
They are as follows: driver-op
erators, Manly Pollard, Junius
Haskett, M. C. Howard, Raymond
Edwards, John Lilly; ladder crew,
Alien Elliott, Ira Jones, W. J. Kir
by, John B. Kelly, Bill Dugee.
Water supply, Bill Carroll, Fred
Kelly, Leon Mann Jr., B. T. Smith
Jr.; training and fire observation,
Leon Mann Jr., Bennie Garner,
George Green.
Rescue-salvage, W. D. Heath,
Doug Henderson, Gilbert Slaugh
ter; Investigation, C. A. Gould Jr.,
Bill Dugee; fire-fighter, Milton
Gould, Lionel Garner, Gordon Cut
ter, Monroe Garner, Carroll Millis.
Fire reports, Allen Elliott and
Larry Howard.
Firemen agreed to go out. of
town to fight rural fires, if the
town and Newport Rural Fire As
sociation got together on an agree
ment.
James H. Gnrganus was admit
ted as a new member. It was an
nounced that the Eastern Carolina
Firemen's Association will meet
Tuesday night at 7 at the high
school in Hertford. Officers will
be elected and a rescue program
will be presented.
Twenty-five members attended.
Chaplain Ira Jones opened and
closed the meeting.
? Highway deaths in the state to
taled 1,183 in 1959, the highest
since 1941. Ten of those deaths
occurred in Carteret county.
The new year was only three
weeks old when Mrs. Joyce Haw
ley, 19, of the Beaufort-Morehead
City causeway, was killed on the
Salter Path road.
Almost four months passed be
fore another fatality occurred. On
May 24, Elisha Murray Jr., 40,
was killed on the Merrimon Road.
August through December were
the bloody months. Bert Murdoch
Jr., 20, Wildwood, and Clarence
D. Adams, 20, Broad Creek, were
victims in the same accident at
Harkers Island Aug. 2.
Eben Lee Harker, 34, Beaufort,
was killed in an oil tanker-moving
van crash at Newport Aug. 8. The
only pedestrian fatality was 5-year
old Delores Jean Quidley, Atlantic,
who was killed when a car struck
her Sept. 20.
Bobby Gene Hampton, 25, USMC,
Cherry Point, was killed on high
way 24 near Gales Creek Oct. 13.
William M. Simmons, 22, Newport,
was killed on highway 70 near
Newport Nov. 8. Two weeks later,
Franklin C. Oglesby, 18, Mill
Creek, was killed Nov. 22 on high
way 101 north of Beaufort.
Two days before the year's end,
Clifford Clement, 21, USMC, Camp
Lejeune was killed on highway 70
when his car failed to round the
curve at Willie Gray's junkyard
at the west Morehead City town
limits.
The Grim Reaper claimed the
young on the highways in Carteret
in 1959. Ninety per cent of the
fatalities were persons under 35.
The oldest was 40.
Defendant Gives
Appeal Notice
In County Court
Charles Henry Dunn was sen
tenced to a total of two years in
jail Tuesday in county recorder's
court for failing to comply with
former court orders. Two war
rant! charged Dunn with failing
to comply with the terms of a for
mer suspended sentence and fail
ing to support his minor children
in compliance with the terms of a
suspended sentence of March 19,
1959.
Dunn appealed the verdicts to
superior court after receiving one
year jail sentences on each count.
Judge L. R. Morris set Dunn's
bond at $500.
Another defendant receiving a
jail sentence Tuesday was Tommy
Balding Jr. who was charged with
engaging in an affray, public
drunkenness, destroying county
property and failure to comply
with a former court order. After
being found guilty on all counts
Balding was sentenced to one year
in jail and work on the roads.
Other defendants, their charges
and the findings of the court were
as follows:
Curtis Eugene Weaver ? Speed
ing, no operator's license, no in
surance and failing to transfer reg
istration, 30 days in jail suspended
on payment of $50 and costs.
Helen Parker Ipock? Failing to
yield the right of way. Not prose
cuted.
Edward Harold Culpher? No in
surance. Not prosecuted.
Walter Thomas Harkley Jr. ?
Speeding. Costs paid.
Thomas Taylor and Walter R.
Buck? Disorderly conduct, assault
and destruction of property. Case
dismissed.
Ollie Hargett ? Public drunken
ness. Three months in jail with a
recommendation for psychiatric
treatment.
Lawrence Nelson ? Violation of
fishing laws. Paid costs.
Henry Simpson? Public drunken
ness. Paid coats.
Eugene Rose ? Public drunken
ness. Bond forfeited.
Melvin I. Tillman and Ronald E.
Ribichaud ? Carrying a concealed
weapon. Case dismissed.
Max Barry Willis ? Driving on
the wrong side of the road, result
ing in an accident. Costs paid.
Henry Dudley? Non-support. De
fendant requests a jury trial. Bond
set at $300.
Bill WiUiston Fitzgerald? Driving
drunk. Fined $100 and court costs.
Robert Noah Pritchard? Having
improper lights. Paid costs.
George Ellison ? Public drunken
ness. Paid costs.
Seventy-five cases were continu
ed until later terms of court.
City Board Wants1
Bridge to Run
From Crab Point
? Commissioners Express!
Concern Tuesday
? Approval Given Added
CD Personnel
CUy commissioners,
meeting Tuesday night at the mu
(l^lPa u g' ad?P"'d ? resolu
L ?" " ?g that 'he highway bridge
across Newport river be located
and ,ab Point and Beaufort
T.vf * four lanes wide
Taking part in the bridge dis
eus.ion were Rufus Butner presl
tw? <rf ? ? Morehea<l City Cham
Piner and Au8"?tine
snzrxAz "?'*a
Mayor George W. DUI Jr. read
Stat'e pP,rSi?f * pr?P?sal by the
State Ports Authority which recom
mend, that the bri(|gc
" Possible." Mayor Dill
mtn? sat,sfled W'?1 that State
ment. saying that such a designa
tion could mean 10 feet north of
the present bridge.
The board discussed having the
bv fhV^? hd 81 thc site ProPosed
h?vin, highway department, but
having an ocean draw in ,he
bridge. Mr. P,?er cited the ex
Pensc Involvcd in ar) occa[] ? ?
andrawP Thrsg 1 SMP 'hr?USh such
by th7 c?m;Vs^s.S aba"d0ned
tw?h?ra?a7T n,enlio-d 'hat the
two traffic lanes proposed by the
snfil?ay dep?rtmcnt would be ob
mi hJV 5hort time ond recom
mended that the resolution record '
and^he'boaTd^greecTthatVhlfbes^
P^lnV0" W?"ld be ,rom lhe Crab
Point area to Phillips ]siand and
across to Beaufort.
p^lnt<'d out that this loca
tion would open the port for fur- 1
ther development and make both
ahle'f Ncwport River avail
th?f ?r ",dustriai "tes. They said
and made land would
contribute to cutting construction
expenses on toe bridge approaches
In enumcratiag reasons why thev
were in favor of the n^Cat.on"
toe board cited port expansion in
dustrial growth, routing through
traffic away from the congested
c.?sWenXra-iand ,he fact Ula' ln
case of national emergency Morc
embarkar W?U'd bccome a port of
n^H n a " d debarkation
needing as much space as possible'
It was agreed that Mayor Dill
Piner^dr G6?rge McNei" and Mr'
Piner draw up the resolution and
ouhJi**! 8 Chart t0 Prcsent at the
public hearing. Mr. Butner pledg
ed the support of thc chamber of
commerce and thc Neusc Develop
ment Association.
D Cordova, Civil Defense chair
aPPeared to get the board's
approval on additional Civil De
fr.r.s'E;
whfch CD 'authorities ca^base"^"
town s purchasing power.
?i^fPrOVed to ** added to toe CD
?taff were Carl Mack Edwards
lard^HWaHnmg oWicer' Mrs Will
Hardy' emergency communi
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Local Interests Oppose 100 Per Cent
States Morehead City Bridge Plan
The black line labeled A, above, is the approximate bridge location sought by the town of Morehead
City. It crosses from Crab Point to the fish factory island and into Beaufort. The B route was mentioned
in passing at the hearing yesterday. It would continue from Bay or Fisher Streets in Morehead City, cross
to Marsh Island and thence to Beaufort. The bridge proposed by the highway commission is indicated by
a dotted line. In addition to the A route, the town of Morehead City also recommended another ? cause
way and bridge, from Crab Point running south to the port, as a means of highway access to the port
by a route other than through town. (Basic map courtesy of Morehead City Chamber of Commerce).
Symphony Drive
Now Under Way
Phone tenters for North Caro
lina symphony memberships and
renewals are 8-3400 in Beaufort and
6-4383 in Morehead City.
Four persons attended a sym
phony society executive meeting
Tuesday night. Some also went
to a meeting Monday night, but
due to a misunderstanding among
officers as to the time, a meeting
was rescheduled Tuesday night at
the civic center, Morehead City.
Attending were C. R. Davant,
Clyde Burr, Mrs. Edward Arring
ton and Miss Mary Arrington.
Persons wishing to join the sym
phony society should phone either
of the above numbers. A member
ship, $3 per person, or $5 for a
joint membership, entitles the hold
er to attend concerts of the sym
phony during the coming season.
The symphony will play in this
county in April.
Funds for membership renewal
this summer totaled $156. This
was collected as the result of mail
contact direct from Chapel liill,
symphony headquarters.
Town, Rural Fire Group
Agree on Two-Year Plan
After lengthy discussion, Newport i
town commissioners and officers
of the Newport Rural Fire Protec
tion association agreed on a co
operative plan Tuesday night at
the town hall.
Under the agreement, the rural
association will pay the town of
Newport $100 a month for routine
maintenance costs. Any repair
costs, on either of the two fire
trucks, that exceed $25 will go to
the rural association for payment,
"he proportion of cost paid for new
quipment will be negotiated be
tween the association and the fire
department.
The agreement will be in effect
for two years, the town reserving
the right, however, to renegotiate
at the end of one year if it is found
that the town is running into debt
because of the expense involved
in fighting rural fires.
A clause in the contract, being
drawn up by town attorney George
Ball, also states that rural fires
Luncheon Honbrs Student Bus Drivers
Carteret >Meat bus drivers were
honored Wednesday at a luncheon
it the recreation center in More
head City.
John C. Noe, advisor in safety
education of the state department
a t public instruction, lauded the
students for their part in making
the student bus driving program
in North Carolina second to none
in the nation. He challenged them
10 (trive toward even greater goal*.
After the luncheon and Mr. Noe'i
talk, the student! and guesta were
entertained with muaical selections
furnished by Miss Bobbie Pritch
ard, state music consultant, and
Raymond Rhodes, a consultant in
the health and physical education
department. Mias Pritchard led
the students in group singing and
Mr. Rhodes sang several solos, ac
companying himself on the elec
tric guitar.
Alao making brief commenta in
honor of the atudcnta was George
Maddrey, associate adviaor in
aafety education.
The apeakera were introduced by
county superintendent of schools,
Harvey L. Joalyn.
Represented at the luncheon were
the Morehead City, Beaufort,
Smyrna, Atlantic, Harkera Island,
Queen Street, W. S. King and New
port high schools.
shall be answered if the fire-fight
ing equipment is reasonably avail
able. For example, if both the
rural and town truck should have
mechanical difficulties simultane
ously, the town could not be held
responsible for not getting the
equipment to a fire.
It was agreed that the firemen
will answer calls and carry out
their activities under the rules and
regulations of the Newport Rural
Fire Protection association.
All rural fire calls will be an
swered up to Feb. 1, because some
rural residents have not been con
tacted as yet regarding their mem
bership.
Persons who have not been con
tacted are asked to get in touch
immediately with Ray Lackey,
president of the rural association,
or Larry Howard, lieutenant in the
fire department.
Mr. Lackey reported that 192
had joined the rural association
by Tuesday night. Accompanying
him to the meeting were Y. Z.
Simmons and Troy Cannon, trus
tees.
At the request of fire chief C. A.
Gould Jr., new fire department of
ficers were approved. Chief Gould
reported that the firemen had a
balance of $116.S6 in their own
fund at the end of December 1958.
During the year they raised
11,387.23, paid out 11,367.95 for fire
department improvements, leaving
a balance of $19.30.
The chief said a rough estimate
of the amount in the firemen's fund
for building a new station la (3M.
Mayor George Dill, Morehead City, left, and D. Iron Williams,
state ports director, look at map showing Morehead City's bridge
system. The top black line on the chart would be the bridge to Beau
fort. The lower black line would be the auxiliary highway from Crab
Point to the port.
ICC to Conduct Hearing
On Southern Rail Rates
Kufus Butner, president of the+
Morchead City chambcr of com
merce, reported to directors Mon
day night that the Interstate Com
merce Commission will conduct a
hearing Monday, Jan. 25, at Wil
mington to hear Wilmington pro
tests against rates recently put in
effect by Southern Railway for im
ports and exports through the port
of Morehead City.
A committee from the chamber
will be present. If deemed neces
sary, representatives of the Neuse
Development Association, from
Kinston, Goldsboro and New Bern,
will also be asked to attend the
hearing.
The budget for I9?fl was ap
proved. Whether the $14,650 item ,
for advertising exclusively would
be included will depend on invest- |
ments made by members.
It was suggested that the cham- '
ber's transportation committee co
operate with town commissioners c
regarding adequate bus terminal t
facilities in Morehead City. t
Directors authorised a chamber 1
committee to work with town com- 1
missioners on presentation of tes
timony at the bridge hearing in '
Beaufort yesterday.
Dr. S. W. Hatcher suggested that '
a chamber of commerce office, '
built fn a way to serve as a tour
ist attraction, be set up on the out
skirts of town. The board request- '
ed that a more detailed report on ]
location and costs be submitted in
February.
Attending the meeting were Ed I
Swann. S. A. Chalk Jr., George '
McNeill, Shelby Freeman, Garland '
M. Scruggs, Jimmy Wallace and J
Joe DuBois, chamber manager. '
Club to Meet <
The Beaufort Garden Club will <
meet at 10:30 Thursday morning at I
the Scout building, Pollock Street, i
Newport Group
To Meet Monday
The Newport Development As
sociation will meet in a special
session at 7:45 Monday night at
the school. The speakers will be
Truman Kemp and Henry White,
Morehead City.
Bill Boyd, president of the as
sociation says the meeting has
been called to discuss possibility
of Carteret Industries, Inc., a
new garment manufacturing con
cern, locating at Newport.
Mr. Boyd invites all Newport
citizens to the meeting.
Newport Rotarians See
Movie Monday Night
A film, Hazards in the Home and
in the Farm, was shown to mem
>ers of the Newport Rotary club
>y program chairman Charles
jOng at the weekly meeting of the
:luh Monday.
Visiting Morehead City Rotarians
vere the Rev. Gutkrie Brown and
Jill Baugham. Clayton Cannon,
Newport, attended as the guest of
Jerryl Garner.
Official Promises Repair
ro Bridge Approaches
In answer to motorists' com
?taints about approaches to the
lew bridge at North River, C. Y.
Iriffin, district engineer, said yes
erday that temporary repairs will
>e made.
Motorists have been concerned
ibout the pot-holes and washed
Hit approaches, aggravated by this
?reek's rains. Full paving of the
approaches will not be made until
tpriL
If powerful testimony was needed to make the State
Highway Commission change its mind about the location
of the bridge across Newport river, it got it yesterday at
the hearing in Beaufort. No Carteret resident spoke in
favor of the commission's proposal.
Whether the testimony was powerful enough will not be
known for a month or more, sami
Heard, public relations consultant
With the State Highway Commis
sion, said that the full commission
will probably want to review the
statements made.
lie said that the highway com
mission will meet Feb. 2, but
whether it would make a decision
on the Morehead City bridge then
could not be predicted.
In introductory remarks. Mr.
Beard said the new bridge would
require six months to design, 18
months for construction and cost
$2 million, lie added that in an
origin and destination survey last
summer it was shown that most of
the traffic using the present bridge
went between the Beaufort and !
Morehead City business districts, i
T. B. Gunter, chief bridge en
gineer, in remarks at the close of
the hearing, re-emphasized that j
statement. He said. "You need a I
bridge where it is now and a by- 1
pass on the north in the future.
Let's take care of your immediate
needs with revisions possible
later."
Those against that idea point out
that a new bridge near the present
site would block the entire mouth
of Newport river for port develop- i
ment.
Mr. Gunter laid that the bridge
would have a 25-foot under clear
ance when closed, plus features al
lowing for a draw for ocean-type
vessels as well as addition of two
more lanes.
D. Leon Williams, director of the
State Forts Authority, was the
first to testify. He reviewed the
factors needed in port develop
ment, citing particulary the avail
ability of land adjacent to water J
or accessible to water.
He said that the present port
area is congested, adding that a
new bridge between Beaufort and
Crab Point would open much area
to industrial d*yi'opment. , ,
He concluded with ffiete observa
tions :
1. Whatever can be done to open
areas to the north of the present
port would be most advantageous
2. The second choice of the ports
authority would be a bridge on the
north side of Morehead City, cross
ing Marsh Island (northeast of the
Morehead City yacht basin) on the
north of the island and thence to
Beaufort.
3. If that is possible, under no
circumstances should the upper
Newport River be cut off from
occan-going vessels. Spans should
be used that will allow their pas
sage.
Following Mr. Williams' com
ments, Mr. Beard read telegrams
from the Kinston. Goldsboro. New
Bern, and Greenville chambers of
commerce, all in support of a
bridge located upstream from the
present bridge.
R. C. McGowan, state design en
gineer, introduced Moses Howard,
chairman of the board of county
commissioners, who welcomed the
highway officials to the county.
The neit to offer testimony was
mayor W. H. Potter, Beaufort. He
said the bridge, as proposed by the
highway commission, is in the
wrong place, is too low, too nar
row and otherwise inadequate.
He added that no ocean span
should ever be placed in a high
way bridge. The mayor said that
both the present highway bridge
and railroad bridge should be re
ocated He suggested that the At
lantic and North Carolina Railroad
should purchase the Beaufort and
Morehead railroad, whose bridge
spans the Newport river next to
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Tide Table
Tides at Ike Beaufort Bar
LOW HIGH
Friday, Jan. ?
10:41 a.m. 4:12 a.m.
10:51 p.m. 4:31 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. t
11:30 a.m. S:05 a.m.
11:38 p.m. 5:27 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 1*
12:17 a.m. 5:54 a.m.
6:17 p.m.
Monday, Jan. U
12:22 a.m. 6:38 a.m.
1:02 p.m. 7:01 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 12
1:06 a.m. 7:18 a.m.
1:46 p.m. 7:42 p.m.
(Editor's Note: We regret that
the times of tides, high and low,
since Jan. 1, have been reversed
in this table. We hope that the
tide table today will be less con
fusing to those whose daily busi
ness and pleasure are affected
by the tides. These are approxi
mate tide times at the Beaufort
bar. This means that the high
and low tide times may vary at
different points along the Car
teret coast).
Education Board
Hopes to Match
Federal Funds
Members of the county board of
education discussed Monday the
possibility of finding sufficient
funds to match federal funds for
teaching-aids in science, math and
foreign languages.
Available to this county in fed
eral money (under the National
Defense Education act) is $23,
815.05. If the county education
funds can match that, almost
$48,000 would be available to buy
library books, visual equipment
and laboratory equipment for
grades 1 through 12.
The funds would be allotted to
schools on a per capita average
daily attendance basis. H. L. Jos
lyn, county superintendent of
schools, said that all schools have
been contacted to learn whether
they could put any funds in the
program. All are willing, he said,
and it has been suggested that
about 10 per cent of the allotment
for the school be put up by the
school.
If enough local funds cannot be
raised to match the total $23,815.05,
Mr. Joslyn said the federal funds
would be available to match the
amount that is put up locally.
Robert W. Safrit Jr., chairman
of the boaod, presided. Other board
members present were D. Mason,
Atlantic; W. B. Allen, Newport,
and George R. Wallace, Morehead
City.
MOD Chairmen
Announce Plans
January is March of Dimes
month.
Dr. L. J. Norris, chairman of
the Carteret chapter of the Nation
al Foundation, and Bud Dixon,
drive chairman, have planned spe
cial activities for the month.
Mrs. E. C Broughton of Raleigh,
a state worker with the National
Foundation, attended a March of
Dimes meeting Monday night at
Rex Restaurant, at which plans for
the month were laid
A 15-minute film, Do Unto Oth
ers, was shown. Dr. Norris re
ports that the film deals with the
work of the National Foundation
and he will be happy to lend it to
any interested organizations.
Rainbow crutches will be sold in
downtown Morehead City and
Beaufort Saturday. They will be
sold by high school students. A
teenage dance is planned for later
this month and it is hoped that an
all-star basketball game can be
played, proceeds from both events
going to the drive.
Attending Monday night's meet
ing, in addition to Dr. Norris, Mr.
Dixon and Mrs. Broughton, were
Pat Hummer of Morehead City,
teenage chairman; school repre
sentatives Annette Cooper and
Johnny Crowe of Morehead City
high school, Eric Pake and Anne
Lewis of Smyrna high nchool, and
Jerry Fulford and Theresa Bella
mah of Beaufort high school.
Newport and Atlantic were not
represented, but will take part in
the campaign, Dr. Norris said.
NCEA Committee Will
Nominate Vice-President
Mis* Gertrude Styron, president
of the Carteret County unit of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion has appointed a committee to
nominate a vice-presidcnt for the
current year.
The vice-president will serve
with Lenwood Lee, who is presi
dent, and will advance to the presi
dency next year. The vacancy re
sults from Mr. Lec'i advancing to
the presidency.
Serving on the committee are
Mrs. Zelma Phillips of Morehead
City, Mrs. Pearl Day of Beaufort,
Mrs. Nellie Willis of Smyrna. Mrs.
Rebecca Bell of Markers Island;
Mrs. Sallie Mason of Camp Glenn,
Miss Minnie Nelson of Newport and
Mrs. Roma Davis of Atlantic.
Weather Affect* Plans
If the weather is bad tomorrow,
the 101 Community Club meeting
scheduled for 7 p.m. will Dot be
held, announces G. T. Spivey, club
president. If the weather i? fair,
members are invited to bring a
covered dish to Mrs. Ruth Davis'*
cabin for ? fellowship supper.