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i' dF.AFOOD MRT. 4-22-37 CITIZENS ! Renew Fight to Save Your Railroad Floundert 3c A 6c I Croakers 1c; G. Trout 4c I Sea Mullet 4c Escallops, gal. $1.50 f Speckled Trout 10c The Best Advertising Medium Published in Carteret Co. READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISI TO THE BODY j WATCH Your Label and Pay Your Subscription Volume XXVI Eight Pages The Beaufort News Thursday, tfil 22,1937 5c Per Copy Number 16 H H u) H A li J :h J B I 1 H W H LEGION WILL GIVE MEDALS AGAIN THIS YEAR , " ' i Scholastic Awards For - Outstanding Students Carteret Post 99 of the American Legion will again present Award Medals to outstanding students in various schools of Carteret county this year, it was announced this welt hva Post official. This is the third year that such awards have been made and the local awards are in keeping with a similar movement of National Americanism Commis sions of the American Legion. One outstanding girl and one outstanding boy students in Atlantic, Smyrna, Harkers Island, Beaufort, Morehead City and Newport high schools will receive the medals. In regard to eligibility for the medals and the idea which created same was explained this week in an official publication of The American Legion as follows: "The idea for American Legion School Awards originated in the De partment of Pennsylvania in the ear ly days of The American Legion. The program proved so popular in Penns ylvania that it was made a part of the national Americanism program a the San Francisco National Conven tion in 1923. Since that time the activity has continued to attract na tionwide attention both among Leg ionnars and school officials. Posts and Auxiliary units have co operated wholeheartedly in the pro motion of the plan, and the national records for 1936 show that 8,417 School Award medals were present ed during the year. This was an in crease of 1,390 over 1935. The School medal activity is de signed to place emphasis on the de velopmont of character and scholar ship in school students by the pre sentation of medals to outstanding pupils. The award is made to the boy of the graduating class from the eighth grade, in the public or equiva lent in private schools, who shall re ceive the highest total percentage on the following basis of weights: At Local Theatres During Coming Week Deanne Durbin, golden voiced ra dio singer whom you have heard on Eddie Cantor's program is the featur ed star of Three Smart Girls, coming to Beaufort Theatre on Sunday and Monday, April 18 end 19th. And Sabbath and early wee!: theatre goers will be delighted at the captivating, hare-brained antics of three smart bruenetes who decided that they would seperate a gold-digging blond from the man they loved. Support ing cast includes Binnie Barnes, Alice Brady and Bay MiUand. This is one f the most talked about cinema pro Auctions of 1937.. 30 naturally you will be there to see Three Smart girls. Biggest attraction at The Sea Breeze during the coming week will be presented on Wednesday and Thursday when Robert Taylor and Virginia Bruce appear in Time3 Square Lady. Both theatres have a bevy of attractive productions to offer theatre goers in Beaufort dur ing the coming week. Covering The t WATERFRONT By AYCOCK BROWN NEWS OF Capt. Bertil Nilsens death aboard the Motorship Sand hamn at Morehead City Port Termi nal early today was a shock to many friends he had made since his ship arrived last Friday to load scrap metal for shipment to Japan. Last Sundav. Bob and rMs. Lang, Esther, Brantley and myself were his guests aboard the ship for two or three hours. He was such a fine host and such a fine man. He explained the many interesting details of the ship a ii q land luhhera and talked about Mrs. Nilsens and his home in far-a way Sweden. It was such a fine vis it and we were nlanning to take him the county on Fri- Rvw.'e - - - day. WHEN WE WERE ready to leave he came down the gang-plank and stood on the dock and talked for a while, explaining about the baffling insigna painted midships on the hull which represents the water jnark and loading capacities for different ports in different climates. His Chief Offl ( Continued on paje eight) Scrap Metal Shipments Helpful To A Many Wonder If She Under independent operation the state controlled Atlantic and North Carolina railroad is now operating at a profit. This is largely duet o scrap metal shipments consigned to More head City port terminal over her trackage. At the present time Beau fort, served by the Norfolk-Southern owned Beaufort and Western, faces This Political Ad Makes Front Page For almost three years Aycock Brown has been editing The Beau fort News and accepting for publica tion around election time paid polit ical notices. Because we have never received a political advertisement quite like it, and. because it is a real human interest front page news, we are reprinting the announcement of John W. Rodgers of Morehead City on the front page instead of burying it with the others on the interior of this edition. His ad announcing his candidacy for Chief of Police and Mayor, (if the voters wish to save th taxpayers money) followsi-w-ANNOUNCEMENT Contrary to the advice of my friends, yet hoping that all four of them support me, I am a can didate for the office of Chief of Police of Morehead City. I feel very incapable of fill ing this office and if elected will carry out the law with partiality and indignity. I promise to ar rest the weak (provided they are weak enough) and leave the wicked alone. I'm sure that if every voter who appreciates my unfitness for this office will support me I will be elected unanimously. Contrary to tho usual politi cal situation, instead of me run ning for Chief of Police, the Chief of Police is running after me. Some of my friends have been trying to get me to run for the office of Mayor. If they are still in the notion I will take both jobs and give the tax payers a slight discount. In case of a tie between me and either of my opponents give the tie to the opponents because I haven't got a collar. Remember a vote for me is a vote wasted. Voting for me will help to re lieve the unemployment situa tion by creating a demand for policemen. Vote for me and cut your own throat. JOHN W. RODGERS, Morehead City, N. C. Many Prospective Members For Gulf Stream G. C. Annual Minimum Dues To Be $18 Payable Monthly Din miATF : FI.ECTED 'treasurer OF CLUB Tiiirtv or more oersons attended the second organization meeting of Gulf Stream Golf Club in the S. W. Clubroom of Beaufort Community Center Auditorium Monday night, in .indinif several who were not present on Monday night, May 12. Keen in terest in the organization of the club has been shown by all persons attenu ing the meetings to date. As a re suit of the interest oeing snuwu t proximately 100 prospective mem hv been lined up, with addi tinnal tirosDective members signify- tntareat In Joining- each day. Bill Mace of Beaufort was elected Will Eventually Operate Beaufort Extension the loss of her railroad which con nects with the state controlled car rier in Morehead City. While citizens are active here at present in prepar ing for the formation of a Norfolk. Southern controlled corporation part ly financed by local capital which will save the rail service for some time at any rate, citizens with more Capt. Nilsens9 Career Was Interesting These Banded Gulls Did Some Travelling A pair of sea gulls recently cap tured on the C. D. Jones Company wharf by Cecil Harrell each bore metal bands attached to their legs. One of the birds, carrying band No. 36-529615 was a Herring Gull band, ed August 10, 1936 at Isle of Shoals Maine by Professor C. Floyd Jack son. The other band No. 36-645488 was also a Herring Gull. It -was banded at Kent's Island, New Brtms wick, Dominion of Canada on August 3ftJb4A-,DvGroi " Bird banding is carried on under the sup ervision of the Bureau of Biological Survey. Since this method of check ing on birds was adopted, much has been learned about their migratory habits. HALF-HOLIDAYS C. D. Jones Company has announc ed that starting Wednesday May 5 and on each Wednesday thereafter during the summer his firm will be closed during the afternoon. Other stores in Beaufort are expected to follow suit, so that their employees may have this weekly half holiday for recreation. Supt. R. L. Proctor Addresses P. T. A. TheP. T. A. of the Beaufort Grad ed School held its last meeting of the school year last evening in the Sch ool Auditorium. The President Mrs. E. H. Potter, presided over a short business session in which the final reports were read. Mrs. U. E. Swan, gave the Historical report of the years work. This report gave an account of the splendid work done thru the P. T. A. under the presiden cy of Mrs. Potter. The programs for the year have been outstanding and very educational. There has been splendid work done thru the P. T. A. for the needy children of the community. treasurer of the club on Monday night At the first meeting James H. Davis had been elected to this office Hiirin- his absence, but it was later learned that he could not accept the job due to his other connections. President Charles W. Britton who the meeting appointed ctonlow Woodland, vice-president of the club, as permanent chairman of the entertainment committee. It is the plan of the club to have frequent oneial entertainments such as bridge parties, dances, banquets in addition to the regular activities of the golf club, which primarily is the game and its promotion. Dr. C. W. Lewis and R. Hugh Hill, members of the Park Commission each apoke about the Golf Club and its relationship to the entire Beau fort Communi'y Center. While mem bership and .en fees will not be used except for the up-keep and de ( Continued on page eight) & N. C, ML&road foresight are looking to the State which owns controlling interest in Atlantic and North Carolina to even tually solve the situation by taking over or at any rate seeing to it that the Beaufort extension is operated. (Photo by Charley Parker, News and Observer). Sea - Going Quit Sailing Vessels After Hurricane On King's Birthday SAW HIS FIRST COMMAND SINK IN MEDITERRANEAN Capt. Bertil Nilen who tol J the following interesting itory about hit ea-going career wa ' found dead in hit quarter a board tha Sweduh M. S. Sand fcanm y1. Morha4 .City Port terminal thii morning. Dr. H."' C. Smith, county coroner, stated that death was due to natural causes and that an in quest was unnecessary. Capt. Nilsens was 45-years old and a native of Stockholmn, Swed en, hailing port of the vessel he commanded. In Stockholm he is survived by his widow, but no children. Port officials are getting in touch today with the Swedish Consul in New York to determine what disposition will be made of the body. Sven Lantz, the late Capt. Nilsens' chief officer au tomatically became master of the vessel as a result of the death. Whether he will be in charge permanently was not determined. On King Oscar of Swedens birth day, December 1, 1920, Bertil Nil sens, second mate of the Barque Tai sun, 55 days out of Aalsborg with a $40,000 cargo of chalk consigned to paint makers in Boston, swore before his Maker that if he was delivered from the mid-Atlantic hurricane a live, he would never again ship a board a vessel which depended upon wind for power. Capt. Bertil Nilsens, master of the Swedish Motorship Sanhamn, told the story to Aycock Brown of The Beaufort News and Bob Lang of The Beaufort Theater in his salon Sat urday afternoon, while out cn the docks a crew of 70 longshoremen were storing scrap metal into buckets of halved boilers to be lifted high by electric driven wenches and thence dropped into the holds of the vessel. That hurricane in the mid-Atlantic which dismantled three of the Tia aun'a four masts back in 1920 was Capt Nilsens' most thrilling adven ture upon the high seas the loss of his first command, the S. S. R. H. Sanders, on the Mediterranean, be tween Genoa, Italy, where a cargo of bananas from Italian Somaliland had been discharged, nad Valencia, Spain, was his saddest experience during his 29 years as a mariner upon four oceans and seven seas. Unless you are a member of the crew of a sailing vessel which has been crippled and drifting for three weeks, or unless you have been skipper of a steamer which was your first command, and seen her burn to the water's edge and sink can you fully apprecaite a sea-going life m general, and the kind fate that Nep tune occasionally shuffles his favor ites. "We had come almost within sight of Iceland and approached near to Greenland when stormy weather, never abating, drove up southward to the mid-Atlantic," said Capt Nil continued on page four) enew Mrs. Maud Chadwick Files Announcement Elsewhere in this newspaper today is the political announce ment of Mrs. Maud Chadwick first woman to ever be a candi date for the borad of town com missioners in Beaufort. She is seeking the support of voters in hte municipal elections on May 4, and if elected she promises to work for the better interests of the Town of Beaufort govern ment and for the citizens of the Town of Beaufort government and for the citizens of the Town. Mrs. Chadwick is widely known in Beaufort where she has enu merable friends who will sup port her for office. Several Farm Meets In County Next Week A series of meetings of farmers in Carteret county have been arranged by Hugh Overstreet, county agent, in order to give the farmers an explana tion of the 1937 Soil Conservation Program as regards the acreage re quirements of each farm. At these meetings there will be also talks made on the Farm Bureau, showing its actitvities in behald of farmers. Farmers will be asked to lend their cooperation with this farmers organ ization. The meetings will be held as follows: Bogue Community House, Monday, April 26; Court House, Beaufort, Tuesday, April 27; New port High School, Thursday, April 29;iiarlowe, Conner's Store, Friday, April 30. AH farmers are urged to attend these meetings. School To Have Spring Festival On April 30 Beaufort Graded School will pre sent its annual Spring Festival on Friday, April 30, it was announced today. A mighty interesting program has been planned. Festivities will be gin in the morning at 10 o'clock with Athletic Events. At 2 P. M. May Day exercises, featuring the Queen's Court will bep resented. Important in the day's program will be the base ball game at 3 :30 o'clock between Beaufort and Morehead City schools. An admission charge will be made for this game. During the evening a Festival Prom will be presented in Beaufort School Gym, sponsored by the Athletic Association of ' the school. Cunningham Assault Case Continued Only one case was on docket to bet ried before Recorder Judge Paul Webb Tuesday morning. Tom Cun ningham was scheduled to answer a charge of assault on a female. But the case was conitnued. Cunningham it seems, was fined $80 for contempt of superior court for failure to ap pear in a case and as a result of non-payment of the fine was incarce rated in jail. He is in the county jail at the present time. PRESIDENT WILL MAKE SPEECH AT MANTEO WASHINGTON, April 20 Repre sentative Lindsay Warren today vis ited the President and came away with the announcement that Presi dent Roosevelt would deliver the address at Fort Raleigh, North Caro lina, on August 18th, which is the 350th anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare, the first child of English parentage to be born on the American continent and the same anniversary of the disappearance of Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony. The President also approved the is suance by the Post Office Depart ment of a special commemorative stamp for the occasion. The Presi dent told Mr. Warren that the only thing that could keep him away would be if the final adjournment of Congress should occur that week. Mr. Warren went to the White House alone and did not divulge his mission until after his visit. The special comemorative stamp to be issued for the occasion will be the first one ever issued pertaining to North Carolina. 5 in. R Interest Citizens Met Tuesday And Discussed Situation APPOINT COMMITTEES Many representative citizens of Beaufort attended a mass meeting; at the Town Hall on Tuesday night to discuss the local railroad situation. Norfolk-Southern Receivers, owners and operators of the short line be tween this town and Morehead City have been authorized to abandon operation at the expiration of 90 days from April 13. Mayor Bayard Taylor presided ov er the meeting and President Fred Seeley of the Chamber of Commerce was the principal speaker. He gave s resume of the fight to retain rail road service for Beaufort through three I. C. C. Examiner Hearings and one before the Commission in Washington. He outlined what had been done and what must be done t assure Beaufort of continued rail road service. .' Following discussions two commit tees were apponited. The first, in cluding the following group: F. R. Seeley, Dr. C. W. Lewis, Jack Neal, J. P. Betts. Richard Whitehurst, Graydon Paul and Paul Jones witn Charles W. Britton acting as chair man, will solicit subscriptions total ing $3,850, which must be raised lo cally and added to $12,000 which Norfolk Southern Rpceivers will put up and thus form a new corporation to operate the line. This form of operation would assure Beaufort of continued rail service, for awhile at anyrate, and the amount required can be easily raised in plenty of time to save the road, it is stated lo cally by prominent citizens. Another committee consisting of Fred Seeley, George W. Huntley, C. L. Beam, W. H. Taylor and Charlea L. Skarren Jr., were appointed t Continued on page four POLITICAL ROUNDUP With the announcement of Mrs. Maud Chadwick, C. H. Bushall, John C. Rice, Frank King, James Rumley, Leslie Davis (not the attorney), E D. Potter, Graydon Paul, John White Beaufort has what piomises to be one of the lost interesting political fights in years when the candidates come up for election on the first Tuesday in May. These candidates are all outstand ing in community affairs and ar well qualified to hold the important positions which they seek. Without exception they are unquestionably interested in the welfare of Beaufort and will, if elected, strive to do what m their opinion is for the best ( Continued on page eight) TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures are approx imately correct and based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Some allow ances must be made for varia tions in the wind and also with respect to the locality, that is whether near the inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. High Tide Low Tid Friday, April 23 6:54 7:11 a. m. 12:45 a. p. m. 12:53 p. m. m. Saturday, April 24 a. m. 1:26 a. p. m. ' 1:33 p. Sunday, April 25 7:30 7:47 8:03 8:20 8:36 8:53 9:09 9:28 m. m. m. z:ut m. 2:10 Monday, April 26 m. 2:42 m. 2:46 Tuesday, April 27 a. m. p. rtu a. m p. nu m. . 3:19 a. nu m. 3:21 p. m. Wednesday, April 28 a. m. 8:55 a, mv p. m. 8:53 p. mv Thursday, April 29 9:44 10:04 10:22 a. n, 4:32 a. nu p. Or 10:40 p. m. 4:23
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