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THE NEWS-TIMES
51st YEAR, NO. 28.TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES"
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1962
PUBLISHED
SPA to Open Bids Tomorrow
On Warehouse at Morehead
Governors Appearance
Will Highlight Rallies
Gov. Terry Sanford’s appearance*'
in the county Wednesday, March
28, will highlight public rallies for
better schools.
The rally theme is “Excellence
in Education is Everybody's Busi
ness.” Carteret rallies will be
held at 6:15 p.m. at the NCEA
banquet at the Biltmore; 7:30 p.m.
at W. S. King high school in More
head City and 8:15 p.m. at Beau
fort high school.
The governor is appearing at the
invitation of the County Citizens
Committee for Better Schools, Wil
liam Roy Hamilton chairman.
Announcing plans for the rallies,
Mr. Hamilton emphasized that edu
cation should be a matter of con
cern to every citizen. He urged
everyone to attend—parents, teach
ers, students, and all who feel that
better schools are vitally impor
tant.
Mr. Hamilton says, “The future
of North Carolina lies with its fu
ture leaders—now in the classroom.
It is imperative that they receive
the finest education possible; any
thing less is not good enough. The
time to do something about it is
right now. I sincerely hope that
all those who agree will make
plans now to attend the rallies be
cause ‘Excellence in Education is
Everybody’s Business.’ ”
ASC Officials
Explain Program
Proposed legislation in Congress
would mean possible allotments on
corn, grain sorghum, oats and bar
ley, farmers and businessmen were
told at an ASC meeting Thursday
night at the courthouse. Beaufort.
The twrling was conducted by
county ^'SC officials to acquaint
. farmers itb the new agricultural
issues now in Congress.
Present were county ASC office
manager B. S. May, county agent
R. M. Williams, soil conservation
ist Maynard Owens and vocational
agriculture teacher Robert S. Gra
dy ;of Newport. About twenty others
attended.
Legislation in Congress is design
ed to close the gap in supply and
demand of farm products and al
leviate storage problems, it was
stated. Storage of farm products
under CCC loan now costs the na
tion over a billion dollars a year.
The present feed grain program
and the new wheat program have
succeeded in helping solve these
problems, speakers remarked.
Other means available to help solve
the problem are increased free
food distribution, school lunch pro
gram, food aid and food stamp
' plan. Efforts are being made to
expand consumption and increase
farm income, Mr. May said.
Any program on allotments pass
ed by Congress must have two
thirds of the growers approving it,
he added. Stocks of CCC commod
ities will continue to be released
on the market despite growers’ ap
proval or disapproval. Price sup
ports will be a part of the allot
ment program, if passed
Sheriff Speaks Thursday
To Morehead Rotary
Sheriff Robert L. Bell was the
speaker at the Morehead City Ro
tary dub Thursday night. Sheriff
Bell explained the historical back
ground of the position of sheriff,
which dates back to medieval Eng
land, and the modem day respon
sibilities of the Job. Sheriff Bell
also told of his experiences, many
of them humorous.
Guests at the meeting were Bill
Heath, Riveria Beach, Fla., and
Allen Knott of Kinston.
Highway Commission
Okays Four-Lane Plan
Included in the Slate Highway
commission’s approval of primary
highway projects is four-laning of
highway TO to the Craven county
line, which involves a by-pasp
around Newport.
The commission acted on the pro
jects at its meeting in Raleigh
Thursday.
The Newport by-pass has been
planned for a number of years, but
no action taken toward carrying
out the program.
State highway commissioner D.
G. Bell, Morehead City, said he be
lieves by-passing Newport is “the
only way we’re ever going to get
highway TO four-laned the whole
WH.”
The four-laning now extends from
Now Bern to east of Havelock. Un
W. E. Guthrie,
Bogue, Will Run
W. E. Guthrie, 45, Bogue, filed
Thursday for the office of county
commissioner. He is a Democrat.
Mr. Guthrie said he would like to
serve the county and represent the
western section.
He is a lifelong resident of the
Bogue area and said that it is his
desire to serve the interests of
western Carteret, which has not
W. E. Guthrie
... for county board
had a representative on the board
for 12 years.
A former White Oak school pupil,
the candidate has been a farmer
all his life. He has also fished
commercially. He is an active
member of the Church of God,
havipg served as Sunday school
superintendent. He is leather of
the inijij’s Bible class and is now
assistant Sunday school superin
tendent.
Group Proposes
Summer Theatre
A theatrical group in Berkeley,
Calif., has announced its intentioin
to open a summer theatre June
25 in the vicinity of Morehead City.
J. A. DuBois, manager of the
greater Morehead City chamber
of commerce, received a letter
relative to the theatre last week.
It follows:
March 11, 1962
2139 Prince Street
Berkeley 5, Calif.
Morehead City Chamber of
Commerce
Morehead City North Carolina
Dear Sir:
Our intention is to open a sum-'
mcr theatre on June 25, 1962, in
the vicinity of Morehead City. We
plan to use a theatrical tent to
house the productions. It seats 500
people. We would need a site
with parking facilities and we plan
to rent housing for our company.
If one of your members knows of
a suitable building for sale or
lease (school, church, etc.), we
will consider this in our plans,
also. We will be most happy to
bear from realtors or other in
terested parties at the earliest pos
sible date.
Yours truly,
Eugene Weiger, Director
P.S. Are there any summer thea
tres in the area, operating?
Summer theatre has frequently
been discussed for this arpa, but
plans have never gone beyond the
talking stage, Mr. DuBois said.
is the section from Morehead City
town limits west to the highway
70 and 24 intersection. The inter
section span, between 70 and 24
west to Havelock is two-lane.
Widening of the two-lane high
way through Newport on the main
street (highway 70) several years
ago, caused a furor because it re
quired removal of trees. To ac
quire right-of-way for a four-lane
highway would require purchase or
removal of almost every structure
now standing on highway 70
through the Newport business sec
tion. ' .
The commission also authorized
a Study and survey for a new road
M the outer banks in Dare county,
from Duck north to the vicinity of
Knotts Island.
Bids mi a 95,000 square foot ware
house at Morehead City state port
will be opened by the State Ports
Authority tomorrow.
It is hoped that the warehouse
will be completed by the end of
July so that it will be available for
storage of tobacco. The new ware
house will go on the west, next to
Trumbull Asphalt Co., and after its
construction only one more area
will be available for additional con
struction on the present port prop
erty.
At its Wednesday meeting in Ra
leigh, the SPA decided to issue
$13V4 million in revenue bonds. In
come from the ports and state cre
dit would be pledged to pay back
the $13million. This was the
amount sought in the state bond
referendum which was voted down
last fall.
If the bonds are not issued, the
SPA will ask the legislature for the
money in 1963.
The authority approved a budget
of $406,454 for the 1963-65 biennium,
$203,127 to be spent the first year
and $203,327 the second, an in
crease of $5,000 over its present
budget.
Approved for immediate pur
chase were two folk lifts for use at
Morehead City, cost $11,000. Leas
ing of property at Wilmington was
approved, as well as purchase of
two new automobiles.
An SPA representative attended :
an Army engineers hearing yes-1
terday at Wilmington. It concern- j
ed dredging the river up to the
first lock.
NLRB Conducts
Phone Hearing
Tarboro — Spokesmen for Caro
lina Telephone and the Communi
cations Workers of America ap
peared recently before a repre
sentative of the National Labor Re
lations Board at a hearing at the
Edgecombe county courthouse,
Tarboro.
The hearing resulted from a pe
tition filed Uy the CWA (AFL-CIO)
for an election among plant em
ployees of the company to deter
mine if they desire the union as
their collective bargaining agent.
The union took the position that
only plant department employees
throughout the company should be
permitted to vote. The union
sought to exclude supervisors, pro
fessional and confidential person
nel who are employed in the plant
department.
The company’s position was that
all non-supervisory employees in
all departments should be given
an opportunity to vote. This would
include employees in the traffic
engineering, commercial, account
ing, and plant departments.
Both the company and the union
have until March 27 to file briefs
with the NLRB. The decisions as
to voting eligibility will probably
be announced several weeks after
that date.
Meeting Postponed
The All Seashore Highway meet
ing scheduled for Saturday at Ocra
coke, has been postponed, an
nounces J. A. DuBois, secretary.
The postponement was necessary
because of damage to highways in
this month’s storm and the result
ant changes in ferry schedules.
Miss Diana Deibert Wins
Civitan Essay Contest
Diana Delbert, Morehead City,
has been declared winner of the
Morehead City Civitan club’s an
nual essay contest. Other finalists
were Judith Kay Pake, Beaufort;
Emma Lawrence, Smyrna; and
Becky Adams of Newport.
Subject of the essay was “Amer
icanism vs. Communism.’’ Essay
committee chairman Roy Denkins
announced the winners at the Civi
tan meeting Thursday night.
The Civitan forum will be held
.Tuesday, April 17, in conjunction
with the PTA meeting at Camp
Glenn school.
The Civitans have opened a spe
cial account with an initial deposit
of $200 for the use of special class
es and teachers for retarded chil
dren in this area, when such class
es are formed. The club plans to
add to the account monthly until
the instruction begins.
The club has also sent its annual
check to Civitan national head
quarters for work with retarded
children.
Mr. Denkins said that Miss Dei
bert, known as Cookie, will be giv
en an expense-paid trip this sum
mer to Wildacres, a camp at Little
Switzerland, N. C.
Miss Delbert, a senior, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Delbert. She is a member of the
Future Business Leaders at Amer
ica, a contestant in the county
typing competition, a member of
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County Jail Holds Man
Charged With Pig Rustling
Supervisor Gives
Finance Report
Reporting on town finances at
Thursday night’s meeting of the
Morehead City town board, Ray
Hail, town supervisor, said that it
appears that the town recorder’s
court this year “will pay its own
way.’’
From July 1 through Feb. 28,
the town received $7,851.73 in court
costs and fees.- Fines and forfeit
ures have been remitted to the
board of education monthly. Those
funds were over and above the
$7,851.73.
From the town’s share (costs j
and fees) was paid $6,556 in court;
expenses, leaving a balance of
$1,295.73.
Still due the county, however,
from previous years is $3,485 in
fines and forfeitures.
Mr. Hall pointed out that all
court finances are now handled
through the town’s central admin-;
istrative office and the court itself]
is not disbursing funds, as had
been the custom up to June 1 of
1960.
By the end of February, $176,
364.40 had been collected on 1961
taxes. This is 82V4 per cent of the
total levy, which is $213,653.99. Col
lected during the current year on
prior levies was $9,730.92. Other
collections and receipts have total
ed $64,267.82, which includes $19,
369.28 in Powell bill (street) funds.
Parking meter receipts through
February totaled $8,328. Total ex
penses thus far this year have
been $152,904.14.
The mayor asked how the teem
stoe-1 with respect to the budget.
Mr. Hall said, “Right now, it’s
nip and tuck."
Mayor Supports
Ralph Thomas
W. H. Potter, mayor of Beaufort,
announced Saturday his support of
Ralph Thomas as candidate for
sheriff in the Democratic primary.
In a statement to the Publisher
of THE NEWS-TIMES, mayor Pot
ter said,
“The people of Carteret County
are very fortunate that Ralph
Thomas has made himself a can
didate for the office of Sheriff. His
qualifications, so aptly presented
in the announcement of his can
didacy carried in the current issue
of your paper, are the best any
candidate for this office has had
for many years.
“I am proud of this fine Car
teret county citizen and feel con
fident that he will be the choice
of the Democratic voters in the
primary. It is a privilege for me
to support this man.”,
the Beta club and is running for
Miss FBLA. She is assistant editor
of the school paper, the Speculum.
Diana Delbert
.... Morehead senior
Trooper Returns 1
State trooper W. J. Smith Jr., j
Beaufort, returned Friday from
Pare county where for 10 days he |
was on emergency duty in the
storm-ravaged area of the outer j
banks. Seventy-five troopers from
throughout the state were summon
ed to duty in the disaster section.
Floyd Lewis, 23, a resident of
Hargett street, Newport, is being
held in the county jail on charges
of hog theft in this county, and ob
taining money under false pretense
at Clarkton, in Bladen county.
Lewis is charged, according to
deputy sheriff Cart Bunch, with
stealing three hogs from Willie
Gray’s pastures west of Morehead
City early in the morning on Tues
day, March 6, and four hogs early
on Friday, March 9.
According to the deputy, the
three hogs were sold on the mar
ket at Clarkton for $45.94 and the
four for $58.75.
While at Clarkton this past Thurs
day, the owner of the market
claims he saw Lewis take some
hogs that had already been bought
and run them through as though
they were, Lewis’s own. He took
the license number on Lewis’s 1957
Ford and sheriff John Allen of Bla
den notified the Carteret sheriff’s
department.
Local authorities found that the
license tag had either been lost by
or stolen from Jasper Dail, Broad
Creek. They then located the '57
Ford in front of Lewis’s place in
Newport.
Lewis was picked up at his home
at 5 p.m. Thursday by deputies
Bunch and Billy Davis and put in
the county jail at Beaufort.
Deputy Bunch said that Lewis
transported the hogs in the car in
the trunk. The prisoner claims he
has spent the money he got for
the hogs.
Lewis will be tritjd in Bladen
county and then returned here.
Mr. Gray notified the sheriff’s
department when he first missed
the hogs. Authorities had been
Working on the case for several
weeks.
Motorist Cited
Saturday Night
Charges of driving drunk and
hit-and-run face a young Morehead
City resident after an accident Sat
urday night. Marvin Ray Horne
was arrested by Capt. Joe Smith
after a half-hour search.
According to Captain Smith, a
1950 Ford ton-and-a-half truck,
identified as the one Horne was
driving, hit a 1948 Chevrolet parked
at 2108 Bridges St. Time of the
accident was about 10:20 p.m.
The track, traveling west, did
not stop, and the Chevrolet, belong
ing to Jimmy Junior Blackburn,
route 1, Morehead City, was dam
aged about $200, the officer said.
The truck, owned by James L.
Forbes, route 1 Morehead City,
was damaged to the extent of $200.
Power Off Three Hours
In Two Areas Sunday
Power in the eastern section of
Morehead City and the N. 20th
street-Crab Point area was off for
three hours Sunday morning, be
ginning at 6:40 a.m.
George Stovall, manager of Car
olina Power and Light, said the
outtage was necessary to replace
a pole in bad condition. He said
the cut-off was not announced be
cause the weather has been so
changeable the company was not
sure the work could be done.
Engineers Receive Reports on Need
For Deep Water at Ocracoke Harbor
Army engineers were requested
Thursday night by the Ocracoke
Civic club, fishing, and boating in
terests to deepen the Ocracoke har
bor and entrance channel to 12 feet,
and provide a 12-foot channel to
Ocracoke inlet and Pamlico sound.
The Ocracoke harbor is known as
Silver Lake harbor.
The civic club also asked that
the height of the restraining wall
on the north side of the channel be
increased and a jetty on the south
side be built.
Col. Harry Brown, director of
the North Carolina Water Re
sources commission, said he had
filed a written report in support
of channel and harbor improve
ments.
David Beveridge, Beaufort, who
has fished the Ocracoke and Pam
lico sound area for 25 years, said
that as time went by there is less
and less depth in the inlet and that
during the recent northeaster,
three large trawlers could not get
Into Ocracoke and had to beat then
way to Morebead City.
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Rufus Butner
Heads Red Cross
Fund Campaign
Rufus Butner Jr., Morehead City,
has accepted chairmanship of the
current Red Cross roll call, an
nounces Garland Scruggs, chair
man of the county Red Cross chap
ter
Mr. Butner is a past president
of the greater Morehead City cham
ber of commerce, and vice-presi
dent of Wachovia Bank and Trust
Co., Morehead City.
Mr. Butner expresses the hope
that the $4,200 Red Cross budget
will be met in the fund drive.
Eight hundred dollars is earmark
ed for the county’s participation
in the Red Cross blood bank.
Mr. Butner said that such par*
ticipation would save countians
thousands of dollars that they now
have to spend to buy blood when
Kotos Butner Jr.
. . . fund chairman
it is needed. If the family of the
person who needs blood can get
donors, then of course, they need
not spend $25 to $75 a pint on the
commercial market for the ''e-giv
ing fluid.
Getting such donors is frequent
ly impossible on short notice, Mr.
Butner observed. If, however, the
county were in the Red Cross blood
bank program, an order would sim
ply be placed with the blood bank
at Norfolk and the blood would be
shipped here immediately, he ex
plained.
A blodomobile would make a call
in the county several times a year.
People would be signed up to give
blood during its stay.
No matter where a Carteret pa
tient may undergo an operation,
as long as that county is a mem
ber of the blood program, he would
be entitled to receive blood from
the Red Cross blood bank at no
cost.
Mr. Scruggs said that he receiv
ed a request Sunday for blood
from a man whose wife was under
going an operation yesterday morn
ing. Because the county does not
participate in the blood bank pro
gram now, the Red Cross could
not help.
The husband had to hope that
he could find someone who could
supply the type blood needed, and
that failing, buy the blood.
Mr. Scruggs expressed the hope
that countians will give generous
ly in the current Red Cross drive,
| lending . their full support to Mr.
Butner and volunteer workers.
14. R. T. Nelson, in command of
the 95-footer stationed at Ocracoke
lifeboat station, presented evidence
on his experience with inadequate
water in getting from Silver Lake
harbor into Pamlico sound.
A representative of the state de
partment of conservation and de*
velopment expressed regret that
fisheries commissioner C. G. Hoi
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, March 20
7:54 a.m.
8:17 p.nu
1:49 a.m.
2:11 p.m.
Wednesday, March 21
8:29 a.m.
8:51 p.m.
2:29 a.m.
2:48 p.m.
Thursday, March 22
9:02 a.m.
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Friday, March 23
3:05 a.m.
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Action Must be Taken
By End of June 1962jm
Morehead City commissioners formally started the ball
rolling Thursday night toward obtaining an armory to be
built in or near Morehead City.
The people will vote on whether to borrow up to
$50,000 for the town’s share of armory acquisition. It is
estimated that the cost to the town would be $17,000 in
addition to providing the land. H
The town would borrow only the
amount necessary, even if it were
considerably less than $50,000, the
commissioners said. The ordinance
calling for the special referendum
stipulates that sufficient tax would
be levied to repay the amount bor
rowed.
How much that would be cannot
be determined until it is known how
much must be borrowed. If land
were donated for the armory, the
amount would be in the neighbor
hood of $17,000.
Mayor George Dill said that the
proposal has been cleared with the
Local Government commission. He i
added that the money would be bor
rowed “from local institutions,”
presumably banks or savings and
loan firms. -
It was emphasized at the board
meeting that unless the town acts
quickly, the more than $100,000 now
earmarked for an armory at More-;
head City would go elsewhere.
Mayor Dill said “the money must
be committed” by June 30, 1962.
“An armory,” he remarked, “has i
terrific local value.” He called it I
“a nerve center in disaster, a po- j
tential shelter, headquarters of a:
local policing unit (National
Guard), and available for dozens
of other uses, for a fee.”
He remarked that it would en
hance the town as a resort area
and added that the National Guard
payroll must not be overlooked.
The amount invested in an arm
ory, he observed, “is peanuts com
pared ' to sewage disposal. This
(borrowing) in no way affects the
overall operatioh of the town. We
have to do first things first. There’s
no need to wait to buy a car until
you get the house paid for.”
“He said that he had checked on
the size of the armory proposed
for Morehead City." It is the largest
type now being built and will coat
between $180,000 and $200,000.
Finance commissioner S. C. Hol
loway said an armory will help the
town meet other expenses by at
tracting more people, more busi
nesses and thus increasing total
property value.
“Anything that enhances the
town brings in money,” the mayor
observed.
George McNeill, town attorney,
said that the vote can probably be
held early in June.
The mayor explained that arm
ory bonds would be issued under
a statute that permits a town to
borrow money aside from the
statute that limits bond issuance in
accord with the amount retired
on a town’s present debt.
Mr. McNeill said that a special
registration could be required for
the bond vote, but it is not neces
sary.
Attending the meeting were Gene
Smith, Havelock, captain of the
Morehead City National Guard
unit, and Robert Butler, Lester
Hall, Roger Hoggard, and Sfc. Den
nis Goodwin, all of the Guard unit.
A newsstory in Friday’s paper
said that Harnett county is now
a part of the third Congressional
district, which includes Carteret.
Harnett will not become a part of
the district until January 1963.
land could not be present, but
pointed out that deepening of the
harbor and channel would add
much to the economy and safety
of fishermen.
Earl Holtin, Vandemcre, presi
dent of the North Carolina Fish
eries association, and Clayton Ful
cher Jr., Atlantic, spoke in favor
of improvements. Mr. Fulcher
filed a written report and Mr. Hol
ton presented a statement on value
of the North Carolina fishing fleet.
The civic club’s report, in writ
ten form, was presented by Thurs
ton Gaskill, Ocracoke.
N. C. Magnuson. of the Wilming
ton office of the Corps of En
gineers, presided at the hearing,
which was held in the Ocracoke
recreation center.
Others present were Capt. R. J.
Rappaport and D. A. Gardner, US
engineers; Ranger Ed Benton of
the National Park Service; and
Gen. Henry C. Wolfe of the North
Carolina Water -Resources commis
sion.
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Board Agrees
To Hearing
On Motel Zoning
The Morehead City town board
decided Thursday night to eall a
hearing on rezoning as “business”
the property where the Buccaneer
motel is located. The board said
it would advertise the date of a
hearing as soon as the zoning board
submits a letter of written approv
al. The zoning board recommends
mat the property be re-zoned for
business.
Commissioner Dom Femia re
ported on a hospital board meet
ing he attended Thursday after
noon. He said that the old. wing
of the hospital has to be rewired
and the third floor (above the sec
ond floor waiting room) is sagging.
He suggested that the old part
of the hospital be torn down and
rebuilt, but added that the hos
pital board has investigated this
and contractors will not give an
estimate on the cost.
Mr. Femia said $75,000 was in
vested in the hospital building in
1956, of which $50,000 was spent
on the old wing.
Mayor George Dill remarked
thnt it does not appear as though
a county hospital is going to tie
built and the “town will be operat
ing a hospital for a long time to
come.” That closed the hospital
discussion.
Mayor Dill reported that mayors
of surrounding towns were meet
ing that night (Thursday) with gen
erals at Cherry Point to plan ob
servance of the air base’s 20th an
niversary in May.
Relative to the long-standing
problem over the William Mutter
property, which Mutter had agreed
to buy from the town, the board
agreed to accept $1,800 down and
take a second mortgage on the
property for 10 years at 6 per cent
interest.
Ray Hall, town supervisor, re
ported that 1,436 town auto tags
have been sold, between 50 and 75
more than last year. Commission
er Russell Outlaw said that many
people have not yet bought town
tags and recommended that road
blocks be set up to check cars.
He also stated that the blinker
is not working at Camp Glenn
school and that street markers
should be re-lettered. Mr. Hall
said the street marker project is
under way.
Commissioner Jerry Willis said
there have been complaints about
a ditch created by motor-grading
on Bay street. Mr. Hall reported
that problem was being taken care
of.
Commissioner Femia announced'
that the police department lias been
instructed to arrest without fail
anyone seen throwing cans, bot
tles or trash from a car.
Commissioner Willis stated that
families are requesting sewage
lines between 15th and 16th on the
north side of Fisher. Mr. Hall said
that as people come in and pay
their share for sewage line installa
tion, the lines are laid.
George McNeill, town attorney,
commented that the town ordi
nance on nuisances need not be
amended to get ride of pigeons as
long as the pigeon exterminator
works under supervision of the po
lice department.
The mayor reported that the wa
ter company has made no move
toward negotiations with the town
on purchase of the waterworks and
said that it may be necessary to
go to the General Waterworks of
fice in Philadelphia for a confer
ence.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned, were com
missioners S. C. Holloway and D.
J. Hall.
Morehead Firemen Go
To Saturday Brush Fire
Morehead City firemen went to
a brush fire Sunday, but found it
pretty well under control when
they got there. The fire was in
back of Gerald Swinson’s home
off US 70 in the neighborhood of
Cannon’s Boat Works.
3 Nelson
Fire chief K1
the firemen returned to the
sh