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Shrimp, lb. 12c I
Croakers le; G. Trout 3c I
Flounderi Sc Blue 3c
Speckled Trout 7c I
S. Mullet 2c
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Volume XXVI
Eight Pages
The Beaufort News Thursday, May 13, 1937
5c Per Copy Number 19
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Second Annual
Senior Prom
A Success
Interesting Features of Pro
gram Was Callie Byrd's
Dancing And Billy Darst's
Music
NEARLY 1,400 ATTEND
A live and interesting program
featuring Billy Darst and his orches
tra and several specialty dance num
bers by Miss Callie Byrd, talented
young dancer of Mount Olive marked
the second annual all-county senior
class prom presented with the com
pliments of Atlantic Beach manage
ment in the Casino there last Friday
night. Approximately 1,400 persons
attended and all seemed to highly ap
preciate the hospitality of the Board
of Education, the Beach manage
ment and the 158 honored guests,
the seniors of all schools in Carteret.
With Aycock Brown, editor of The
Beaufort News, but mistaken for
Billy Darst by some of the strangers
in the casino acting as a sort of mas
ter of ceremonies at the micraphone,
the program began promptly at 8:30
o'clock and from then until the or
chestra played its theme song at
midnight, everything was carried out
with clock-work precision. The pro
gram had been arranged by Supt. J.
Gary Allen -of the Carteret Board of
Education, assisted by the principals
of the various schools and the presi
dents of senior classes. At 10:50
o'clock Mr. Allen was introduced to
the group present and he in turn ex
pressed appreciation on behalf of tho
county graduates to Atlantic Beach
( Continued on page eight)
Fishing And
ALL OLTDOORS
By AYCOCK BROWN
YOU CAN WRITE your angling
friends who are planning to come to
the Carteret coast that fish are run
ning. Splendid catches of both salt
water and fresh water species have
been reported during the past week.
The surf at Drum Inlet is literally a
live with channel bass at this time
if the wind is not blowing from the
northeast. Last Sunday R. Hender
son caught several in the surf there.
Also catching copper colored beauties
ranging in size from 10 to 20 pounds
were James W. Mason, Alvah Hamil
ton and B. H. Noe. Tn?y caught six.
HERB MORRIS OF Atlantic has
guided several parties at Drum Inlet
this year which mada good catches.
Several out of the state anglers have
fished there. Best uhanel bass story
of the week though camef rom the
Pamlico Sound where I. Grossman
and I. Conway of Atlantic City were
fishing from a boat with Thurston
( Continued on page eight)
III VIASHIIIGTO!!
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Five questions seem to predom
inate in virtually all discussions with
reference to Congressional activities.
These are: What will be the final out
come of the President's court plant
What prograss will be made on the
President's propasal to reorganize the
executive branch of the government?
Will the President's relief recommen
dation be followed, or will the $1,500
,000,000 proposed be raised or low
ered? Will new tax legislation bo
brought forward now or at the next
session? When will Congress ad
journ?
There seems to be political wizards
who can answer these questions cor
rectly at this time. However, all are
subject of much comment and are
of vital interest to all citizens. Thi
general opinion seemms to be some
what as follows:
THE COURT PLAN Congress
ional mail indicates that interest in
IS
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Two Beaufort Residents Saw Her Explode
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Many Lives Were Lost When The German Dirigible Burst Into Flames ""r
The above remarkable picture was made just as the giant dirigible burst into flames and exploded as it was
preparing to land at Lakehurst, N. J., last week following a flight from Germany. Ninety-eight persons a
board were plunged to earth in the flaming wreckage. Thirtysfour' diedjalmost instantly, and of the 64 re?
cued many were horribly injured. An explosion of a gas cell lit the stern was blamed for the disater. Jim
Hassell and Earl Jone3 returning from New York aboard Guy Dickinson's truck where they hid taken
farm produce, happened at Lakehurst as the above scene took place.
SHIP CARTERET
FLOWERS DAILY
H. B. Avery With Largest Ac
reage Devoted To Flower
Culture Is Biggest
Shipper
Large shipments of various species
of flowers have been leaving the H.
B. Avery farm on Atlantic Road for
northern markets sinc-a April 18. And
the largest shipments, all of which
leave- here via railway-express, are
yet to go. Mr. Avery has more ac
res devoted to flower culture than
any other grower in the county.
Since April 18 he has made large
shipments of fox glove, gypsopholie,
sweet peas, Centura and delphenium.
In a few days he will start shipping
gladiolus and matricora. Mr. Avery
is mighty well pleased with both his
acreage devoted to matricora and
gladiolus. The matricora i3 budding
and the gladiolus are spiking, so it
will be only a matter of few days
until shipment will bogin, at which
time he will give employment to pos
sibly 40 or more persons..
Growing flowers in Carteret has
during the past few years become a
big business. It is carried on pri
marily by persons who are not na
tives of Carteret, but outsiders who
saw the possibility of flower culture
in the fine soil and fine climate of
this coastal county and who, inci
dentally, are reaping annually many
thousands of dollars from their
crops.
S. E. Hayne of the Hayne Farm
stated that he expected to start
shipping gladiolus before the week
expired.
Hotel Fort Macon
Opens
is In Morehead
The Hotel Fort Macon, formerly
the Cherry, was visited by hundreds
of well-wishers Wednesday evening
at its formal opening. Completely
renovated recently the 40-room hos
telry is a credit to Morehead City.
For many years it was operated by
Richard Cherry who made it known
to thousands of coastal visitors for
the fine seafood dinners available
there. In the old days it was noth
ing unusual for Mr. Cherry to serve
his guests as many as seven different
seafood dishes at one meal.
The property has recently been
owned by Branch Banking and Trust
Company who completely renovated
the structure and installed ner fur
nishings. This wek the owners sold
the property to R. C. Harris, until
recently, auditor for N. C. Fisheries
Inc., John Memakis and Louis Sanan
tis. Mr. Harris is president of the
new company and will be managing
director of the new hotel. His assis
tant will be Frank Bullock, well
known in coastal hotel circles. The
Fort Macon was named in honor of
the 101-year old fortress which for
years protected Old Topsail inlet
from pirate and enemy invasion.
In Person County, poultry grow
ers have cooperated to hold seven
sales of culled chickens this year.
Plan Big Program For
Beaufort High School
Graduation Exercises
A big program with the senior
class taking the leading role has
been planned for the graduation ex
ercises of Beaufort High School on
Friday night. During the exercises
various scholastic, activity and atho
letic awards will be made.,' j
Following thep rocessional -tli9
Rev. J. L. Joyce will deliver $he. .invo
cation followed by the opening e3ior-
us of the class songritten-bMls
Helen O'BryanrCherenlon and
their part in the program follows:
Elwood Warren, salutatorian; Ed
Hancock, historian; Miss Maude
Bloodgood, statisitcian; Miss Mary
B. Brooks, testator; Miss Opal Mer
rill, prophetess; Bordon Mace, grumb
lc-r; Miss Marian Taylor, class poet;
Miss Vera Pake, giftorian; Miss Gol
tla Small, valedictorian; Ruby Hep
ler's "Farewell Sons;" presentation
of the gift to school, by Borden
Mace and acceptance of gift, by .T.
Raymond Ball, of the oBard of Trus
tees. Legionnaire E. Walter Hill will a
ward the American Legion medals to
the winners; Senior medals for sen
iors outstanding in scholastics, acti
vities and atheletics will be awarded
by Principal W. C. Carleton; Mrs. B.
H. Noe will award the Woman's Club
medal to the senior who has been out
standing in English. Mrs. U. E.
Swann will make the book club a
ward an diplomas will be presented
by W. C. Carleton, principal of the
school. Rev. E. C. McConnell, rec
tor of St. Paul's Church will deliver
the benediction.
Marshals for the graduation exer
cises follow: Carolyn Wheatly, chief;
Maria Hill, Dorothy Day, Vera Lew
is, Josephine Stanton, Norma Parkin,
Roscoe Mason, William Skarren,
Verona Daniels and John Davis. The
Class of 1937 mascot is Johnny
Betts.
COAST GUAn CREW
MAKES RECORD RUN
Ocean Beach, N. Y. May 11 A
coast guard crew in charge of Ma
chinist Mate Thurman Salter made
what was claimed to be a record
breaking run to Fire Island light ship
today to pick up Claude Baker of
Elizabeth City, N. C, who was report
ed seriously ill.
Salter said the round trip of 35
miles was made in two hours and
the crew of Fire Island light ship,
was taken to Bay Shore on Long Is
forty minutes. Baker, a member of
land and placed in a hospital for a
possible operation for a stomach ail.
ment.
Salter i3 a native of Carteret Coun
ty, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tommie Salter of Davis, N. C.
Award Lifetime Passes
The Beaufort Theatre awarded
Mrs. Savage, Mrs. T. M. Thomas Sr.,
and Mrs. Sarah A. Congleton with
life time passes last Monday as they
were the oldest mothers present at a
special Mothers Day show. Each of
the mothers mentioned are over the
age of 80. Tirtf six over 60 attend,
ed the show.
FINAL EXERCISES
AT NEWPORT H. S.
Rev. W. T. Stewart To Preach
Baccalaureate Sermons;
Meadows of ECTC To
Speak
Commencement exercises at New
pert High School will begin Friday
night, May 14 at 8 P. M. vhen the
Senior class will present its Class Daj
4UThe World WdetHrftowH
ing this, on Sunday morning at 11
o'clock the Baccalaureate Sermon
will be delivered by Rev. William Y.
Stewart, pastor of the Morehead City
Methodist church. On Monday even
ing at 8:00 o'clock, Dr. Leon R.
Meadows, Pre3. of East Carolina
Teachers College, will render the
graduating address.
Eighteen persons make up the grad
uating class of the school: Five boys
and thirteen girls. They are : William
Allen, president; Harry Simmons,
vice-president; LaRje Garner, treas
urer; Nellie Cannon, secretary; Leo
Gray; Zemmio Millis, Fonnie Bar
hour, Estelle Edwards. Catholene Gar
ner, Lillian Garner, Welthy Jackson,
Doris Mann, Ina Gray Mann, Lorins
Mann, Bessie Rouse, Minnie Smith,
Bernice Williams, and Edward How
ard. Class Mascot i3 Christobel Nor
ris. The valedictorian of the class is
Lorine Mann and the salutatorian is
LaRue Garner. There was only a
difference of one tenth of a point be
tween the grades of these two stu
dents. Both averaged above 95.
Finals At Training
School Begin May 18
26 TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
The County Training School will
hold its Commencement Exercises
May 18, 1937, at 8:00 P. M. The
Graduating Class will present a pag
eant "The Light i Truth." The cere
mony is ritualistic and symbolical
and the only person, not a pupil, tak
ing part, is the Principal of the
school, and his part is intentionally
brief, as the ceremony is definitely
planned to present the pupils to the
audience. It gives the students an
opportunity to display their ability;
the parents will be proud, and the
community will be entertained.
The Graduating Class is one of
the largest in the history of the
school. Twenty six young, energetic
men and women will receive diplo
mas. The Rev. W. C. Somerville, Exe
cutive Secretary of Mission in N. C,
will give the Annual Sermon, May 16,
at 3:30 P. M. He is a man of vis
ion, saturated with information. He
received the Master of. Arts Degree
from Oberlon College, Oberlon,
Ohio. Hear and enjoy his message.
J. M. Hodge, Prin.
Mid-May Dance
A Mid-May Dance sponsored by
Morehead City Jr. Chamber of Com
merce and Beaufort Business Asso
ciation will be presented in Atlantic
Beach Casino Saturday night. Music
will be furnished by Joe Davis' or
chestra.
Taigen Haru Sailed
Wednesday; Risanger
Arrives At Terminal
Workers Give
Vierws On
Union
Regal Plant Closes
Following Labor
Troubles
The Regal Shirt Company in
Morehead City has been clos
ed for an indefinite period due
to labor troubles arising there
recently. Mayor H. S. Gibbs
stated by telephone to The
News as we go to press today
that the plant was closed after
thatt he plant was closed after
several of the machines had
been damaged by workers. The
labor situation there has been
front page news and editorial
material in many newspapers
of the state during the past
week. A different slant hereto
fore unpublished was brought
to The Beautort JNews omce
today from two women work
ers who favor unionization and
better wages. We are very
glad tc t print this letter. It
follows :
"Pleat try to understand that we,
at citizens of Morehead City and
Carteret County, are doing that
which we think is right about the
C.I.O. We do not wish to have any
trouble or to cause any person to
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sire them a better jod witn more
money, so that they won't have to
work all day at a killing pace to earn
such a small sum of money.
We also know that there is tome
who would not make money if they
could but these are people who want
to make money by getting the union.
Their operation would be raised, so
that every one in the factory would
be making a decent salary. We feel
sure that we would not get any more
money unless we do join the Amal
gamated Clothing Workers of Amer
ica. On one occasion in our factory,
we were informed that we would
not be paid one cent more; that we
were already getting what we would
get, and we do not tbink this is fair.
. We have nice clean factory and
we all like to work there. Mr. and
Mrs. Jackson couldn't have been any
nicer to a group of people, and we
do not wish them to leare. We are
being underpaid. We are willing to
fight and take all kinds of insults,
like we have taken for which we
think is right. It is a mighty poor
man or woman who won't put up
fight for what they think is right
We respect the Civic Builders and
the people of Morehead City for giv
ing us the factory and above all our
Mayor. We do not think that in any
way he would mislead his people.
We all lave our town as much as
any one could love the place where
they were born and reared. We would
not in any way do anything to d
moralize the people or to hinder
the progress anl growth of our
town, but we feel like a great num
ber of people have been misinform
ed and have received incorrect infor
mation about us. We are not giving
up, and we stand firm in what wc
think is right in which the law of
America gives us that right.
Signed:
UNION WORKERS
Lawrence Hassell
Escapes A Bullet
Lawrence W. Hassell, clerk of sup
erior court was almost struck by a
bullet fired from a gun in the hands
of parties unknown late Saturday
night when he was returning home.
Whether it was some drunk trying
out a gun or someone who might have
it in for the clerk for some reason
unknown to himself, it is not known.
The bullet came from the general
direction of the railroad tracks near
his home on Pollock Street. A Spaa
ish War Veteran who has been fired
at while in action by the enemy, Mr.
Hassell knows that the bullet you
hear singing overhead or nearby is
'not the bullet which strikes you.
so he credited the shot to a gun
toting crank, and not an emeny.
Norwegian Freighter
Is Fifth To Lift
Scrap Cargo
SIXTH SHIP EXPECTED
AT PORT ON WEEK-END
Hardly had the Japanese
freighter Taigen Maru cleared
Morehead City Port Terminal
yesterday for Wilmington
with a cargo of approximately
4,000 tons of scrap metal than
the Norwegian S. S. Risanger
beating down the coast from
Newport News arrived off
Beaufort Inlet during the night
and dropped anchor to await
pilots.
Port Terminal Pilots Capt. Ira
Willis and Capt. Charlie Piner met
the vessel beyond the bar at day
break and brought her to the Port
Terminal dock where without th
aid of tug boats the craft was easily
brought alongside and loading oper
ations began. The S. S. Risanger is"
owned by Herrer Westfal Larsen anJ
Company of Bergen, the Norwegian
hailing port of the vessel. Her master
is Capt. Ole Belt.
At the Morehead City Port
Terminal the vessel will, if present
orders are not changed; take on 7,Q9
tons of scrap metal or a full cargo.
It will be shipped to the Far Eeast,
just as other metal tr.kon on by tha
four previous vessels -Liring the past
month.
Deputy Collector Trmas Hunter
of Wilmington was in Moreh9:t
City to greet the vessel with the U!
ual custom seals. Auditor W. if
Dutton of the port and its traffi ,
manager E. W. Dozier, Dr. Ben F,
Royal, public health surgeon and)
quarantine officer, and W. H. Smoak,
stevedore supervisor at the port wer
first to board the vessel after she
was moored. A Beaufort News report
er accompanied this official group, A
short while later H. P. Crowell man
aging director of Port Terminal and
other officials arrived to greet tha
Risanger. This vessel is owned by
the same Norwegian firm which own
the Samnanger, which was the first
foreign ship to call at Morehead City
and which is remembered locally as
the "salt ship."
Frizzelle To Preside
Over June Term Court
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle will pre
side over the two weeks term of"
Carteret Superior Court being her
on June 7, it was announced today
by L. W. Hassell. Judge Frizzelle is)
an eminent jurist who is well-know
in this coastal county. He will pre
side here in the place of Judge &
H. Cranmer of Southport, who is
holding court in this district at pres
ent. TIDE TABLE
Information as t 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 Law
Friday, May 14
5:16 a. ra.
11:16 p. m. 5:25 p. m.
Saturday, May IS
11:38 a. m. 6:14 a. m.
12:13 p. m. 6:30 p. ra.
Sunday, May 16
1235 a. ra. 7:14 a. m,
..1:15 p. m. 7:37 p. m
Monday, May 17
1:33 a. m. 8:11 a. as.
2:25 p. m. 8:45 p. m
Tuesday May IS
2:50 a. m. 9:07 a. vtu
3:32 p. m. 9:43 p. m
Wadne.day, May It
3:57 a. m. 9:59 a. r&,
4:31 p. m. 10:38 y. vcu
Thursday, May 20 (
4:54 a. m. 10:47 a. ait
5:22 p. m. ...