Engineers Study Possibility Of Barrier Across Neuse Four Accidents Occur in Town Morebead CUy police investigat ed four minor auto aecidents dur ing the weekend. A charge of careless and reck less driving was filed against first Lt. Marshal Pierre Sonra of Camp Lejeune following an accident on highway 70 near the section base Wednesday night. Sonra was driving a 1950 Ford east on the wrong side of the street, police said. He collided with a 1949 Chevrolet being driven by Edward Anthony Petro of Cher ry Point. Lt. Joe Smith, who investigated, estimated damage to the Chevro let at ISO and to the Ford $25. A boy on a bicycle rode into the path of an auto Wednesday after noon, chief Herbert Griffin reports. The accident happened on Evans Street, 100 feet east of 11th. The boy, Robert Ashby, collided with a station wagon being driven by T. O. Talton of Durham. Ash by was not hurt. No charges were filed. At 9 a.m. Thursday a 1949 Cadil lac, driven by Martha Salter of llavelock, struck the left rear bumper of a 1959 Ford station wagon parked in the 2200 block of Arendell Street. The Salter woman told investi gating officer E. O. O'Neal Jr. that she pulled over to let a car pass her and hit the parked auto. Damage to the Ford was esti mated at $25. There was no dam age to the Cadillac. No charges were filed. A 1951 Buick driven by Andrew Chader of Cherry Point failed to make the corner at 24th and Aren dell streets, at 1:20 p.m. Saturday and hit a 1951 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by John Weeks of Morehead City. According to Sgt. Rill Condie, who investigated, Weeks was com ing from Atlantic Beach and had stopped for the light at Arendell. Chader, headed east, tried to turn the corner and struck the right front of the truck. He was charg ed with careless and reckless driv ing. Secret Agent Bethany (AP)? A straw vote tak- 1 en in a Democratic precinct meet- < ing here on presidential hopefuls showed all but one was for Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex). The one vote was for Vice President Rich ard Nixon, cast by a Republican ? who slipped into the meeting. I New Bern (AP>? A study is be ing made to determine the possi bility of building a barrier across the Neuse River between Cherr* Point Marine Corps Air station and Minnesott Beach to protect New Bern from hurricane-driven water. The study, being conducted by US Army Engineers, includes drill ing to determine the type of soil beneath the river. The barrier, or dam. would be built of soil. The necessary Mil would be dredged from the Neuse on the upstream side of the proposed dam. The test drilling is expected to take several weeks. The barrier would have an open ing sufficiently wide for boats to pass through, but narrow enough to delay storm-driven water. The river is about two miles wide at the point where the barrier would be built. Should it be built, the possibility of a highway across it has been suggested. A spokesman for the Army En gineers said the suggestion for a highway was sent to the North Carolina Highway commission, but he said the commission has not re sponded. The spokesman said that after the test drilling is completed, a report will be prepared outlining the feasibility of the proposed proj ect. Unexpected Loan Funds May Become Available C. L. Beam, county veterans service officer announces that di rect loan funds that had not been expected to be available may be come available to veterans be tween July 25 and Oct. 31. Therefore, if any veterans want to apply for loans, on the chance that they may be approved, they are urged to file their applications before July 24, 1960, Mr. Beam says. Further information may be ob tained at Mr. Beam's office, sec ond floor of the courthouse annex, Beaufort. Art Class Registration To Continue This Week Registration for summer art classes offered by Mrs. D. R. Fon ville of Burlington will continue through June 13. Children attend ing vacation Bible schools may be gin their classes on that date. Adults interested in oils, water color or casein instruction are ask ed to contact Mrs. Fonville to schedule lessons. There is no registration fee for these classes. Children's classes are offered for b weekly fee, with five lessons each week. Adult feei are on an hourly basis. FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO. AWARDS FREE CHINA SETTINGS An exciting new livings cam paign at FirstCitiiens Bank k Trust Company has caught the fancy of local resident!. It's the '60 Savings Plan that features the gift of beautiful im ported Eternal Harvest China Place Settings. And the amai ing part of it is you receive this lovely gift for simply practicing the thrift habit ! Here's the way it works: You open or add to your Firat-Citi aens savings account with <25 ? more. When yo? do, Ffrst Citizens enrolls you in their newly-formed China Chih. fW WW Ml KNW immediately you are present ed with a complete four-piece place setting of handsome im ported china FREE! Translu cent and hand-painted In 24 karat gold, the distinctive Eter nal Harvest pattern consists of a dinner plate, bread and but ter plate, cup and saucer. First -Cttiiens is extending this liberal offer to all savers, whether you are opening a new account or you have been a sav ings customer of long standing. H makes no difference. The only requirement to qualify for the FREE china gift la to make ? savings deposit of MS or more. And that isn't all. First-Citt xena' new China Club will en able yea to build your ehina collection to as many place set tinge aa desired. Continuity in the program is provided through the award of FREE certificates for aubee quent savings deposits ef *35 or more. On each such eccaaien this certificate may he redeem ed far aeother place setting with erir SZ.M in cash ? ? frac tion *t the necuUr value. MTMNI LKE PUN First-Citizens officials potaM as many certificates as he ia entitled to throughout the pro gram. "What a wonderful bonus just for doing something for your self!" exclaimed one of the bank's first customer! to parti cipate in the new plan. "Why in almost no time at all, we'll have a cupboard full of this beautiful new pattern at just a fraction at the regular value!" And the teller battened to re mind the happy patron: "Yes, and your savings will be ac cumulating with 3% GUARAN TEED interest. How can yon beat M?" OPEN STOCK PATTERN Eternal Harvest China is an open stock pattern and First - Citizens' China Club members will be able to order desired pieces in this line long after the '00 Savings Special is concluded. And they will be available at special low prices te all club members. Later la the pregrsm, First Cttiaens will offer ether china pieces to the depositors for re demption with savings certifi cates. These will include such pieces as salad plates and des sert dishes. The China Club Plan, ia op eration for Just a few weeks, hss already resulted in an en rollment far exceeding earlier estimates, and caused bank of ficials to be highly pleased with the project. It operates limply and smoothly. There are no forms to be filled out or any contest as sociated with the undertaking. "We merely hope that It influ ences more people to save and to SAVt MORE!" concluded the sponsors. ^Nemher Federal De peril Big Catch in Sound 1 " " 1 M ??? 11 ? "**W Photo by Reginald Lewis Jewell Smith, Morehead City, caught a 14 '- pound king mackerel in Bogue Sound west of Atlantic Beach bridge Saturday. On the same trip he caught the Impound cobia on the left. Catching a king mackerel in the sound is a rare experience, lie was botton fishing. Register of Deeds Records 38 Transactions in Land (Editor's Note: In recording real e?tate transfers, the law does not require that the amount paid for the property be stated in the deed. A token amount, such as $10 or $100, may be stipulated. Attached to each deed, however, must be United States documen tary stamps, the value of the stamps based on the price paid for the property. Property which changes hands for leas than $101 requires no stamp, according to Odell Mer rill, register of deeds. Property which brings a price between $101 and $500 must bear a stamp valued at 55 cents. From $501 to $1,000, the stamps affixed to the deed to tal $1.10, and thereafter for each additional $500 paid for the prop ?rty the itamp value goes up 55 rents. From the value of the stamps pUeed on a deed an estimation a < the price paid for the property can be determined. In the trans fers listed below, the seller is listed first, the buyer second, and finally, the value of the stamp affixed to the deed). Thirty-eight real estate transfers were recorded in the register of deesd office for May. They follow: Morehead City ? Worsley Build ing Co. Inc. to James R. Worsley and wife, $1.10; W. P. Freeman and wife to Miller W. Harrell and wife, $1.10; Vernon B. Taylor and wife to James A. Vinci and wife, 55 cents; K. S. Swinson and wife to T. A. Loving and Co., $7.15. James S. Salter and wife to Carl C. Dunn and wife, $1.10; George H. Rowles and wife to John T. Barnes Jr., $1.10; Bobby G. Wright enberry and wife to Thomas F. Monk and wife, $7.70; Rochelle Realty Co. to I. F. Rochelle and wife, $5.50; Beryl Jones Tyler to T. W. Everhart and wife, $2.75. Ely J. Perry and others to Har vey D. Lewis and wife, no stamps: Rochelle Realty Co. to Joel Es mond King and wife. $2.7$; John L. Crump and wife to James H. Baker and wife, $2 20; C. Van S. Roosevelt and others to Paul M. Groaa and wife, $6.60 BeauIsH ? Mrs. Violet Whitley to Homer Lewis and wife, no stamps; Homer Lewis and wife to Mrs. Vio let Whitley, no stamps; Simie Col lins and wife to Charles Lee Wil son and wife, no stamps; Helen M. Snowden to Luna S. Russell, no stamps. Lloyd H. Smith and wife to Earl Taylor and wife, 55 cents; G. W. Huntley Jr. and wife to Vernon F. Tope and wife. $3.30; John S. Ball and wife to William McNeal Nich olson and wife, $16.50; Ralph D. Marrick and wife to Eldon Smith Jr. and wife, $8.80. Atlantic Beach? C. Van S. Roose velt and others to Charles P. Roberts and wife, $4.40; C. Van Roosevelt and others to Cleo B. Merrell and wife, $3.85; J. A. Sin gleton Jr. and wife to Myrtle Syli vant Smith, $1.10; Marion F. Wil kinson and others to F. E. Yar borough, $1.10; Kirby Hawkins and wife to Aaron Morgan Hale and wife. $18.70. Newport^-Carl W. Johnson and wife to John A. Holcomb and wife, $17.60; Curtis E. McCollum and wife to Gene A. and William E. I Jackson, no stamps; Carl W. Johnson and wife to Wiley L. Wall and wife, $1.65. Straits? Lola Gillikin and wife to Peggy L. and Wyman Fox, no stamps; Therman B. Ballance and wife to Joseph M. Devonchik and wife, $1.65; Augustus Lawrence and wife to Ray Wesley Lawrence, 55 cents. Harlowe? J. C. Hardesty to Su sannah Jacobs, no stamps; Gordon S. Becton and wife to James C. Pierce and wife, 55 cents. Smyrna ? Hood Waldo Rood to Charles Howard Sugg and wife, 55 cents. Harkers Island? Milton Gray Wil lis and wife to Pearl W. Whitley, no stamps. Emerald Isle ? J. A. Singleton Jr. and wife to A. C. Rice and wife, no stamps. Sea Level?James T. Gaskill and wife to Lester Gaskill and wife, 55 cent*. Chapter to Meet The Carteret Chapter of the As sociation for Mentally Retarded Children will meet Thursday night at t at the civic center, Morebead City. Members and interested per sons are invited to attend. RtDOV MIX 'i DAVL LINDSAY CONCRETE | , f pf4r>y *"xcc> co/vc&rrr Board (Cwrfaoed from P?? 1) asking for more money, but I'm hinting," Mr. Adair remarked. "II we are to derive more benefit from the airport, we have to put more ift it." Income to the commission, in cluding funds carried over from a previous regime, was $2,075.86, according to Mr. Adair. Expendi tures during the past year amount ed to $1,4M.30 for repair and im provements. The improvements include a wa ter drinking fountain in the air port administration building and a cold drink machine. The bal ance now is. $572.46. Anticipated income during the coming fiscal year is $645. Total funds available during the next fiscal year will be $1,217.46, of which $796.63 is expected to be used for operating expenses. Mr. Adair said that one runway should be completely lighted. At present a runway is lighted for only half its length. "If you de cide we should expand," Mr. Adair said, "then we need funds in pro portion to what should be done." The board commended Mr. Adair and the airport commission for work well done. Accepted was the year's report by E. Q. Moore, county tax collec tor. Rfrs Moore was given author ity to collect the new tax levy. The board also authorized E. L. Brinson, deputy collector of de linquent personal property taxes, to collect 1959 and prior delinquent taxes. His commission on 1959 taxes will be 10 per cent and on prior taxes 30 per cent. (As the result of the tax sale in May, the county holds first mort gage on all real estate on which taxes are unpaid). The board ordered that all per sons whose names are on the book for unpaid taxes in any prior year be sent tax notices/ Mr. Moore, and Alvah Hamilton, county attorney, who have reach ed retirement age, received au thorization from the county to con tinue as county employees and thus participate in the Local Coun ty Employees Retirement fund. Moses Howard, chairman of the board, reported that the state has completed the turntable by the Baptist church at Atlantic. Com missioner David Yeomans said that the turntable on Harkers Is land on the Coats road hat been completed also. Dr. Luther lulcher, health