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THE NEWS-TIMES
52nd Year — No. 3
Eight Pages MOREHEAP CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.Tuesday, January 8, 1963
Published Tuesdays aad Fridays
USCG to Give
Awards Aboard
Ship Wednesday
• Howard Jones Will
Receive Medal
• Presentation Set
For 10 A.M.
Aboard the Coast Guard cutter
~hilula at 10 o’clock Wednesday
morning, Howard Jones, USCG
(ret.), Markers Island, will receive
the Coast Guard medal for heroism
during the burning of the tanker
Potomac.
Mi. Jones, who was boatswain’s
mate first class, was coxswain
aboard the 30-foot vessel from
Fort Macon Coast Guard station
at the time of the disastrous blaze
Sept. 26, 1961. He directed rescue
of Potomac crewmen which re
quired the 30-footer to run in close
to the burning tanker loaded with
aviation fuel.
Making the presentation will be
Capt. Joseph A. Bresnan, USCG,
chief of staff, Norfolk.
Captain Bresnan will also present
a unit commendation to the ship.
The Chilula was in charge of fire
fighting operations in Morehead
City harbor. The Potomac was tied
at the Aviation Fuel dock in the
harbor when she caught fire.
The Coast Guard made inquiry
into the cause of the blaze but has
not yet announced its findings.
Cdr. George Philbrick, who was
commanding officer of the Chilulua
at the time, has been awarded the
Coast Guard commendation medal.
He is now stationed at Detroit and
presentation of the medal will be
made there by a member of the
ninth district Coast Guard staff.
Letters of commendation have al
so been authorized for two others
who were aboard the Chilula dur
ing the Potomac disaster, lcdr.
Henry A. Crctella, who was execu
tive officer and is now in Wash
ington, D. C„ and Lt. (jg) David
A. White, who was engineering of
ficer. lie, too, has been transfer
red.
Court Suspends
A. H. Neilson
Term Dec. 28
A relatively small number of
people were tried in the holiday
county recorder’s court Monday,
Dec. 28, Judge Lambert R. Morris,
presiding.
The only suspended sentence of
the court session went to Alexan
der II. Neilson, charged with pos
session of a small amount of non
taxpaid whiskey and assaulting a
police officer. Other defendants
paid fines or costs.
Neilson was given a suspended
year’s term on the roads, provided
he remain sober and of good be
havior for five years and pay $50
and the costs. Another defendant,
John Alexander Jones, paid $10
and costs for driving too fast for
existing conditions.
Paying the costs were Cora Mer
rill Pratt, improper hand brake;
Milton Thomas Pratt, disobeying
stop sign; Robert Joseph Van Et
ten, speeding; Guy Roland Dicken
son III, failure to dim lights;
Evelyn Styron Brown, failure to
yield the right-of-way.
Myron Gilchrist Jones, driving
too fast for existing conditions;
and Jack W. Calhoun and J. Fred
Smith, worthless checks. Both were
told by the court to make the
checks good.
Paying one-half of the costs were
Clarence Jones Wilmoth, speed
ing, and Bedford Ray Lawson, no
driver’s license. Forfeiting bonds
were Joseph Jones, improper muf
fler; Bill Nelson Jr., no hand
brake, and Joe Duffy, public
drunkenness.
Warrants were issued for two de
fendants who forfeited bonds, and
the cases continued. They were
George Huntley Styron, possession
of a small amount of non-taxpaid
whiskey and public drunkenness,
and Nelson Lewis, public drunken
ness.
Thomas Elmo Teasley, improper
use of license plates and no insur
ance, and Jacqueline Ada Joslyn,
no hand brake, were not prosecut
ed.
James Phillips Donnelly, driving
on the wrong side of the road, re
sulting in an accident, was not
prosecuted, but right was reserved
to reopen the case.
Report Given
Nine county building permits
were issued during the month of
December, according to Harrell
Taylor, building inspector. Value
of construction was estimated at
$45,600.
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Editorial
Just Between Us Boys
An “unofficial meeting” of four Democratic county
commissioners was held Thursday night at the courthouse.
Uninvited to the meeting was Republican commissioner
Header* Willis.
Undoubtedly the people controlling county politics felt
this meeting was in their best interests. Whether it was
in the best interests of the people is another question.
Public business should be conducted in public.
While those involved may protest that “nothing offi
cial” was done, the unofficial things hatched up behind
closed doors coukl have far-reaching, harmful effect. We
strongly -aspect that the ringmaster' wanted to train his
performers well before they went into the arena Monday
morning. This would forestall any “unfavorable public
ity” that might accrue if too many directions were given
in public view.
Let’s suppose some commitments were made at a pri
vate meeting. Interested citizens go to the public meet
ing a few days later to present their views. One or two
of the commissioners may then feel they want to change
their commitment made at the closed meeting. If they
do, they will be accused by their fellow commissioners of
being “traitors.” If they don’t, they are violating their
own conscience and what perhaps might be action for
the good of the people.
If they don’t want to change their closed door commit
ment, then it is utterly useless for citizens to make any
request at the otficial meeting on the first Monday, for
the commissioners already have preconceived notions
from which they will not depart.
This exposure will undoubtedly drive secret meetings
of county commissioners underground. Greater care will
be made in the future that nobody knows about them.
We hope that any commissioner, if invited to any such
unofficial session in the future will say, “No thank you.’
Only then will he be abiding by the oath he swore when
he took office in December.
A quotation credited to one Max Muller may apply in
instances where public otficials conduct public business
in private: “He who keeps back the truth or withholds
it from men, from motives of expediency, is either a cow
ard, or a criminal, or both.”
Republicans
Elect Officers
Gerald Murdoch, Wildwood, was
elected preaident of the Carteret
County Republican club Saturday
night by club executive committee
members at the headquarters
building in Beaufort. Other offi
cers:
Jim Hux, Morehead City, vice
president; Mrs. Ruth Richardson,
Morehead City, secretary; Jimmy
Howland, Morehead City, treasur
er.
Plans for a Lincoln Day dinner
were discussed. A prominent
speaker from the state organiza
tion will attend and a report from
Carteret’s legislator, Thomas Ben
nett, will highlight the dinner. Fi
nal plans will be made at a mect-^
ing of the club Saturday night at
7:30 at the headquarters.
Appointed as committee chair
men by the executive committee
were Shelby Freeman, member
ship; Cliff Tilghman, house; Ken
neth Wagner, publicity; M. E.
Richardson, audit; Mrs. Maxine
Piner, women’s club.
Mr. Howland reported that in
January 1962 cash on hand amount
ed to $263.95. The club collected
$3,598.38, making a total of $3,862.
33; $3,786.41 was spent on the 1962
campaign and outstanding bills
amount to $53. This leaves a bal
ance of $22.92, Mr. Howland re
ported.
Former President
Signs Booklet
For F. C. Salisbury
F. C. Salisbury, Morehead City,
has received an autographed copy
of the booklet, Independence and
the Opening of the West, from Har
ry S. Truman, former President
of the United States.
The booklet was sent to Mr. Sa
lisbury on his 88th birthday, Dec.
27, by Milton Perry, who is in
change of the Harry S. Truman
library at Independence, Mo., and
who was former curator at the
museum at Fort Macon.
President Truman wrote across
the cover of the booklet, “To F. C.
Salisbury with congratulations on
your birthday. May you have many
more happy birthdays. 12/22/62.
Harry S. Truman.”
Mr. Salisbury is a former More
head City newspaper publisher and
editor and has been recognized
statewide for his historical writing.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Jan. 8
6:55 a.m. 12:36 a.m.
7:22 p.m. 1:22 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 9
17:43 a.m. 1:27 a.m.
8:11p.m. 2:12 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 16
8:30 a.m. 2:16 a.m.
9:00 p.m. 2:59 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 11
9:16 a.m.
19:47 p.m.
3:03 a.m.
3:42 p.m.
Gerald Murdoch
. . . heads club
Civitans Hear Talk
By District Governor
County Civitans heard a talk
Thursday night on the forthcom
ing zone meeting in Kinston. The
speaker was district governor
George Douglas, who was a guest.
The zone meeting discussion was
followed by a year-end review of
past projects of the Civltan club.
The club also heard the latest
reports on the fruit cake sales. Ci
vitans meet each Thursday night
at the Blue Ribbon restaurant,
Morehead City.
Swansboro Board Draws
Rules for Use of Building
Swansboro town fathers drafted
new regulations on use of the com
munity building at their recent
January meeting.
To all users of the building ex
cept when the building is engaged
for public use, there will be a $10
rental charge plus an additional
$10 .deposit to be refunded if the
building is left in a clean condi
tion. There will be no discrimina
tion between groups.
Rules to be followed after the
use of the building are: all decora
tions must be removed; floors must
be left clean; marks, smudges and
trash must be removed; and there
is to be no damage other than that
of normal use. These things must
be done the following day unless
that day falls on Sunday.
If that is the case the next day
will be the deadline. Police chief
M. T. Maness was designated to
determine if the above require
ments are met and if refund is to
be made. Before any decorations,
is done, there must be a plan or
decorations submitted . to chief
Maness also.
According to police chief Maness,
all residents of the city must dis
play city license tags by Feb. 15
or a penalty will be charged.
Officers of the Volunteer Fire De
partment for the new year were
announced and plans were made
to encourage attendance of the
training classes being taught
Board Leans Taward Barbour Hospital
Site; White Oak Group Wants School
Electrical Co-Op President
Hits at Proposed Changes
Navy Says It
Will Hove Bow
Out ot Harbor
R. L. Hicks, of Heide & Co ,
Morehead City, shipping agents,
reported Friday that the Navy Bu
reau of Ships has promised action
on getting the bow of the Potomac
removed from the harbor at More
head City.
Mr. Hicks said he was authoriz
ed by the Morehead City Maritime
association and the chamber of
commerce to make inquiry into the
remains of the Potomac and the
Navy's plans for removal.
In a phone conversation Friday
afternoon with Cdr. T, F. Bache
lor, USN, Mr. Hicks was assured
that the Navy intended to get the
bow out of the harbor. Commander
Bachelor made no commitment,
however, on the date.
The Potomac was a Navy tanker,
under lease to the Military Sea
Transportation Service, when it
burned at Morehead City in Sep
tember 1961. The stern has been
moved, but the bow remains.
At the request of the maritime
association, Mr. Hicks reports that
the Navy is sending a salvage ves
sel, the Windlass, here to clean up
debris left in the harbor as the
result of the Potomac disaster.
The tug, due today, is coming
from Norfolk. On various occa
sions, ships anchoring at Aviation
Fuel dock, where the Potomac
burned, have accidentally pulled up
on their anchor chain, pieces of
wreckage from the Potomac.
Farm Employment
Day Set Tomorrow
8 to 5 Beaufort
Wednesday will be Farm Em
ployment Day.
On that day all farm employers
looking for workers and all farm
workers seeking jobs should go to
the Farm Labor office on Live Oak
street (highway 70) across from
Beaufort school.
The hours are 8 a m. and 5 p.m.
The farm labor office is operated
by the Employment Security com
mission, Mrs. Julia P. Tenney,
manager, Morehead City.
Frank Nance, Beaufort, farm
labor supervisor, comments that
“farm employment days” arc held
throughout the state. “If an em
ployer needs a worker with skills
who is not available in this coun
ty, then the order can be sent to
other offices in the state who might
have the type of labor desired,”
Mr. Nance said.
through the North Carolina depart
ment of education.
The next training class will be
held Thursday night, Jan. 10, at
7:30 in the community building.
Officers for this year are Chief,
John Bell; assistant, Maj. William
Kay; and secretary - treasurer,
James Baggs.
A resolution was adopted asking
Rep. David Henderson’s assistance
in making Croatan National Forest
a national park.
The 1M1-1M2 auditors have in
structed the town to enforce laws
complying with the 1955 bond ordi
nance in connection with the water
service account. Ail water and
sewer bills will be due by the 20th
day of each month.
Past due accounts will be charg
ed a 10 per cent penalty. If pay
ment is not received by the end of
the- month, service will be discon
tinued and a $5 charge for recon
nection plus all past due bills for
water service and penalties must
be paid to regain service. The
Charge for reconnection in the
past has been $2. Councilmen voted
to purchase new billing cards to
this effect.
The mayor announces that an
audit of the towns books is now
on file at the city hall.
At the December meeting the
commissioners passed a resolution
commending Mrs. Florence Cardy,
recent recreation commission
i chairman, who has resigned.
Mayor Carl Mttsted presided.
► Rural electric cooperatives arc
“raising sand” about recommenda
tions from the legislature-created
General Statutes commission.
George W. Ball, liarlowo. presi
dent of the Carteret-Craven Elec
tric Membership Corp., this week
denounced the proposals as they re
late to the electric cooperatives.
A public hearing on proposals of
the commission has been set for
Friday in Raleigh and Mr. Ball
said a request for time at the hear
ing has been made by North Caro
lina's 32 rural electric coopera
tives.
One of the proposals which Mr.
Ball objects to is the placement
of the cooperatives under the juris
diction of the utilities commission.
The utilities commission would
grant area franchises under the
new proposals and the rural elec
tric cooperatives are fearful that
this would mean “the strangula
tion of system growth.” Mr. Ball
said that |reat care had been ex
ercised in this section to refrain
from duplication of facilities in
areas where the private power
companies had existing lines.
The preliminary draft proposal
also calls for the right of sale of
rural electric cooperatives to “any
investor owned" power company.
Mr. Ball strenuously objects to this
proposal. He said that these co
operatives were formed by mem
bers to serve themselves with elec
tric power and the benefits there
of, and that it has not been neces
sary for a utilities commission to
protect the members as they alone,
through their directors, establish
ed rates and conditions of service.
He said members arc very well
pleased with electric services as
made available -through their own
cooperative and will protest vigor
ously any proposal whic^i would
give the "investor owned” com
pany a monopoly in this area,
Mr. Ball reported that serving on
the nine-man General Statutes
commission preparing the propo
sals were W. Reid Thompson, full
time attorney for Carolina Power
and Light Co., Raleigh, and Luns
ford Crew, who serves as legal
counsel for the Virginia Electric
and Power Co. with lines in North
Carolina.
Mr. Ball said this was "tne mosi
wide-open case of conflict of in
terest to have been passed before
the eyes of the North Carolina
public in his memory.” He said in
his opinion the proposals will be
defeated if presented to the North
Carolina legislature.
North Carolina was among the
first in the nation to bring the
benefits of electricity to all rural
areas* and 32 cooperatives are ac
tively engaged in serving areas
where power companies refused
to go, Mr. Ball noted.
Constituent
Wants Meeting
One of the new county legisla
tor’s constituents, Alban Richey,
118 Moore St., Beaufort, has sug
gested to Thomas S. Bennett, leg
islator, that he have a public meet
ing prior to going to Raleigh in
February.
Purpose of the meeting, accord
ing to Mr. Richey, would be to “re
ceive from the citizens an expres
sion of what they hope you will
stand for and the measures yop will
support and sponsor during your
term of office.” .
Issues on which Mr. Richey seeks
Mr. Bennett’s opinion are the fol
lowing:- ,
1. How do you stand in respect
to the attempt now being made
by the electric utilities to swallow
up the cooperative memberships,
Carteret-Craven and Harkers Is
land?
2. What about the compulsory
auto liability insurance act and the
abuses it has produced?
3. What about the abuses being
practiced by certain companies
selling hospital benefits?
Beaufort, Carteret
Listed Among 'Planners'
Beaufort was one of 40 towns
and Cart fret one of five counties
which began community planning
projects last year, according to a
report from the state department
of conservation and development.
The projects, financed by fed
eral grants and communities and
counties initiating them,. receive
technical assistance from the Di
vision of Community planning of
the C&D Department.
Supervisor
Explains Late
Tax Notices
Hay llall, town supervisor. More
head City, said Saturday that some
residents received tax notices this
year as late as November. Mr. llall
said there wbre several reasons
for the lateness of the notices.
Listing of real estate values, on
property that had been sold dur
ing 1961-62, was not tip to date in
the county books and in the final
analysis, he had to go through the
real estate books three times.
(The towns of Morehead City and
Beaufort pick up real estate list
ings from the county books. List
ing of real estate directly with
Morehead City has been consider
ed but the cost has been an ob
stacle. )
Second notices are now going
out, as well as corrected notices.
Although people who receive no
tices late are not entitled to dis
counts, he said that people who
owe taxes can estimate what they
will be and go to the town hall and
pay them any time during June
or subsequent discount months and
obtain the discount.
Mr. llall said that he hopes to
have 1963 notices out this year by
June 15.
County tax notices and Beaufort
tax notices were also late last
year. Most were not mailed out
until the end of June or first of
July.
Mr. Hall announces that a clerk
has been employed in the office of
the supervisor and town treasurer.
Mrs. Mary Lou Willis began work
with the town Monday, Dec. 31.
Members Get
Symphony Cards
Members of the North Carolina
Symphony society in this county
have received their membership
cards for the 1963 season.
Included with the card is a sched
ule of the 124-concert season. The
little symphony, an abbreviated
edition of the full symphony, will
play in Beaufort Friday, Feb. 1.
There will be a concert for cer
tain school children at 2 p.m. Fri
day in Beaufort high school and a
concert for adults at 8 p.m. that
day.
Miss Nancy Itusscll, Symphony
society chairman, reported before
Christmas that the society had not
by then sold enough memberships
to finance the symphony’s visit.
Membership entitles the holder
to attend all concerts by the sym
phony in this area: Kinston, New
Bern and Wilmington, as well as
Beaufort-Morehead City.
The little symphony will play in
New Bern Feb. 6 and the full sym
phony May 27.
VA Says Home Loans
Will be Screened at Once
The county veterans’ service of
fice has been notified that veterans
who apply now for home loans will
have their applications processed
immediately. There will be no de
lay.
Veterans who are interested
should call at the veterans service
office on the second floor of the
courthouse annex, Beaufort.
Masons of Two Districts Will
Meet at Newport Jan. 22
Newport Lodge No. 7M, AF&AM
of Newport will host the represen
tatives of approximately 3,350 Ma
sons from 18 lodges in the 7th and
8th Districts Tuesday, Jan. 22,
1963, it was announced today by
Russell W. Toop, secretary of New
port Lodge.
Plans for the District meeting
are under the direction of District
Deputy Grand Masters Thomas W.
Cathey, of Havelock, and Ira J,
Graves, of Richlands.
A series of discussions wiU.be
held beginning at 5 o’clock in the
afternoon under the direction of
Mr. Graves. A dinner wiU be serv
ed at 6 p.lh. for aU who attend the
meetings. At the night meeting, be
► County commissioners grappled^
again yesterday with the old prob
lems of schools and county hospi
tal They also received financial
reports, including one on the sher
iff's department and the audit for
July through November.
A delegation with John Bell. Bo
gue, as spokesman, requested that
the county build a White Oak ele
mentary school and have it ready
to open in the fall of 1963
Presented was a deed from Bo
land Barbour for approximately 20
acres of land in the Country Club
Heights subdivision for a county
hospital. Action was tabled until
yesterday afternoon when Mr Bar
bour was requested to appear be
fore the board relative to selling an
additional 13 acres to the county.
A motion to change the proce
dure for permitting fees to go to
the sheriff and his deputies was
tabled, pending further investiga
tion.
The atidit, covering July through
November, was presented by Tho
mas Beck of Williams and Wall.
LATE BULLEIN: County com
niissioners at about 3:30 yester
day afternoon agreed to accept
the Barbour site on which to
build the county hospital. C. R.
Wheatly, attorney for Beaufort
residents who had opposed an
other location (the Webb site),
appeared and said the pending
hospital suit against the county
would be dropped.
After presentation of the audit,
commissioners signed a letter ad
dressed to James D. Potter, former
auditor, stating that all "records
were found to be in good order and
very satisfactory."
Mr, Potter was succeeded by Ro
nald Earl Mason, who was appoint
ed by county commissioners in lie
cember.
When the discussion on the hos
pital opened, commissioner Willis
said he is in favor of Morchead
City’s being relieved of the re
sponsibility of operating a hospital,
but said he "was completely ignor
ed at a meeting Thursday night
when the other four commissioners
supposedly decided upon a site lor
the new hospftal.” He told a re
porter later that he was not inform
ed that the meeting was being
heRL and was not present.
The county has been discussing
for two years whether to build a
county hospital, as authorized by
the voters. If one is built, the
Morehcad City hospital will be
closed by the State Medical Care
commission.
Board chairman William Roy
Hamilton explained that Thursday
night’s meeting was “a discussion
among county representatives and
no official action was taken." Mr.
Willis rc-cmphasized that he could
not make a decision on any hos
pital sitd without knowing what
the other commissioners had
agreed upon Thursday night.
County attorney Wiley Taylor
then presented a deed which he
said Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bar
bour, Morchead City, executed Jan.
3. The only difference between the
new deed and a former deed of
fered by Mr. Barbour some months
ago is that the time within which
the hospital must be built is ex
tended two years, according to the
attorney.
He said that the property fronts
963 feet on “Country Club boule
vard, runs 900 feet deep and con
sists of 20.3 acres. He also stated
that Mr. Barbour will dedicate,
from Barbour land, a 60-foot road
way on the east and west so that
the county “will control all four
sides of the hospital property."
Mr. Barbour stipulates, however,
that the county shall pave Country
Club boulevard and also requests of
agricultural agencies that his to
bacco allotment not be cut due to
his sale of land on which tobacco
is now raised.
Mr. Taylor said that he had in
hand also a petition from Country
Club boulevard property owners re
questing paving.
Commissioner Moses Howard
(See BOARD Pg- 4)
ginning at 7 o’clock, Jesse G. Gra-<
ham, Master of the host lodge, will
preside at the opening session.
Mr. Toop announces that approxi
mately 200 are expected to attend
from thq two districts.
Also expected are Masonic lead
ers from over the state, including
the Grand Master of Masons in
North Carolina, the Grand Secre
tary, the Superintendents of the
Oxford Orphanage, the Masonic
and Eastern Star Homes, and
Charles T. Potter, of New Bern,
District Deputy Grand Lecturer of
the 7th District, and Benjamin R.
Alford, of Morehead City, District
Deputy Grand Lecturer of the 8th
District.
John Frivance
Dies Thursday
On Way to Work
A 60-yrar-old Beaufort man. John
William Frivance. suffered a heart
attack while driving to work Thurs
day night and died before the ar
rival of an ambulance that was to
take him to the hospital. Coroner
W D. Munden said Frivance had
a history of heart trouble
The coroner said Frivance was
en route to work at Cherry Point
and was driving west on Arendell
street, Morehead City. He stopped
for the stop light at 24th and Aren
dell and apparently suffered the
attack as he pulled away. Ills car
left the street and traveled down
the t'ailroad track about 30 yards
before it stalled.
Ronald Walton, night attendant
at a service station nearby, saw
the ear and ran to it. He sum
moned an ambulance, but Frivance
was dead when it arrived. Death
occurred about 11:15 p.m„ the co
roner said.
A native of Beaufort county, Fri
vance was a veteran of World War
I, a member of the North Carolina
Society of Engineers and the fol
lowing fraternal organizations:
Moye chapter No. 53, Royal Arch
Masons, Washington: Orr Lodge
No. 104, AF&M, Washington, (Mas
ter Mason); Cavalry Commandery
No. 25, Knights Templar, Washing
ton; Sudan Temple Aaonms, New
Bern; White Shrine of Jerusalem;
Order of Eastern Star. Chapter 238,
Swansboro; North Carolina White
Shrine club. Order of Redman, and
Order of Pocahontas.
A full Masonic funeral was con
ducted at the graveside in Oakdale
cemetery, Washington, at 2 p.m.
Sunday.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ge
neva Lnpten Frivance; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Cecil Merri* Great
-Brfflge, Va.; one son, John W. Jr.,
Beaufort; six grandchildren add
one great grandchild.
ECC Will Offer
Courses This
Winter, New Bern
East Carolina college will offer
courses in mathematics, general
college mathematics, government,
general psychology and psycholo
gy, beginning Jan. 28 and 29,
through its extension center in New
Bern.
The courses will continue for
eight weeks at the Griffin build
ing, Central school, in New Bern.
Registration for the courses will be
from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 21-22 and 28
29.
Classes in the individual courses
will be held twice weekly from
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The classes
are open to any high school gra
duate or anyone over 21 years of
age. The credits earned through
the extension center are transfer
able for credit at ECC.
Railroader Says Holos
Could Damage Paving
Opening of holes on Broad street
to repair drains or water lines
could damage the newly-laid as
phalt along the Beaufort and More
head Railroad tracks, according to
A. T. Leary Jr., B&M Railroad.
Mr. Leary said the holes don’t
damage the track itself but water
seeping into the holes, then under
the street, could cause break-up
of the new paving.
John Jones Jr„ town clerk, said
permanent repair of the holes can
not be made now. because the as
phalt that would be used doesn’t
hold up when put down in cold
weather. Holes are temporarily be
ing repaired with marl.
Tercentenary Chairman
Will Present Program
F. C. Salisbury. Motehead City,
chairman of the Tercentenary com
mittee in the county, will give a
program on North Carolina history
at this month's meeting of the Jun
ior Woman’s club.
The program will consist af slides
and narration on the early begin
nings of the state. The program
has been prepared by Mr. Salis
bury, winner of the Smith wick 09
for outstanding work by local his
torians. and past president of the i
County Historical society.