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Public Invited To Attend Golf Tourney Sunday SEAFOOD Mrt. 10-28-37 Shrimp 5c s Spots 2c Trout 5c; Croakers 2c Bluet 5c; Flounder 6c S. Trout 6c; S Mullets 3c J Mulls. 5c; Pompano 10c The Beat Advertising Medium Published in Carteret Co. f READING TO THE MIND IS WHAT EXERCISE IS TO THE P j WATCH Your Label and Pay Your Subscription Ik 8 Pages This Week The Beaufort News, Thursday, October 28, 1937 5c Per Copy Number 43 Volume XXVI Menhaden Fleet Has Started Operations Fleet Of Thirty Boats Is Supplying Six Factories The menhaden fleet is back in Carteret waters and wtih its arrival six factories have start ed or are ready to begin opera tions in the vicinity of Beaufort and Morehead City. During the past week some of the boats m the fleet or 30 or more basing here and at Morehead City have had fair catches, al though the real big money catches are yet to be made. In Carteret county the Menhaden fisheries represent an industry that is estimated at well over a million dollars. And during the autumn when v,o fih start running the income from this industry plays an impor tant part in the economic life oi this section. Hundreds of persons are riven employment aboard t boats of the fleet or in the factories and several hundred additional per sons depend more or less on tne in come derived from the Autumn men haden fishing operations. In Morehead City a fleet of nine boats will supply the throe factories located there. The three factories in Morehead City are Wallace Fisheries with five boats, operated by Charles S. Wallace; Thr R. W. Taylor Com pany with two boats to supply fish and the Carteret Fish Scrap and Oil Company with two boats. A low esti mate of the value of these three plants and their fishing fleet is $300, ( Continued on page eight) Covering The WATER FROS1 By AYCOCK BROWN THE AUXILIARY yacht Sewanna which stopped at George Piner's Shell Oil Dock last Sunday to refuel is the vessel which you have seen President Roosevelt fishing from in the news reels. . . .It was reported that the vessel was owned by the Roosevelts but I am of the opinion that it is owned or was until recently owned by Harrison Tweed of New York City who has a summer place up in Maine near the summer place of the Roosevelts. . . . The Sewanna is only 48 feet long and she was built in 1930 at East Boothbay, Maine, the same place where the Menhaden fish boat Vester, recently purchased by Paul Jones and Llewellyn Phillips was constructed. . . . Genial skipper of the Sewanna was Capt. Joe Amos. 'The vessel was bound for Miami and the West Indies. . . . Yachts, the most expensive playthings a man can own, are passing by Beaufort and More head bound south by the dozens each day now. ... I agree with Capt Har vey Willis of Salter Path ... I think (Continued on page eight) TIDE TABLE Information as t the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures are approx imatcly 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 che inlet or at the heads of the estuaries. High Low Friday, Oct. 29 4:36 a. m. 10:37 a. m. 4:57 p. m. 10:56 p. m. Saturday, Oct. 30 .6:30 a. m. 5:47 p. m. 11:33 a. m. Sunday, Oct. 31 6:15 a. m. 11:47 a. m. 6:30 p. m. 12:23 p. m. Monday, Nor. 1 6:56 a. m. 12:31 a. m. 7:08 p. m. 1:08 p. m. Tuesday, Not. 2 7:34 a. m. 1:12 a. m. 7:34 a. m. 1:12 a. m. Wednesday, Nov. 3 8:08 a. m. 1:50 a. m. 8:14 p. m. 2:28 p. m. Thursday, Nov. 4 8:42 a. m. 2:28 a. m. $:50 p. m. 3:05 p. m. Trapping Season f Opens On Monday t The trapping season in t North Carolina opens Monday T (November l) ana win noi close until February 15. Here VI . l , Ml i in Carteret county there is an abundance cf fur bearing ani mals for the trapper and each year many persons living in the rural areas realize a good profit by making this foim of employment or sport a sideline or full time diversion. Prin cipal fur bearing animals trap ped in Carteret are mink, musk rat, oppossum, raccoon and fox. Most valuable pelts are those of the mink. A few years ago four and five dollars was con sideied a top price for mink skins. Today top price for mink might run up to $25 each. It is necessary to have a county licenseto be a trapper. This license costs $2.25. There is no closed season on wildcat, weasel and skunk in North Car olina and some of these species are taken in Carteret each year. Big Haul Of Fish Is Made At Salter Path Biggest catch of fish made in Carteret county during the past week was landed by Capt. Bar nett Willis and his haulers on the beach of Bogue Banks last Monday. He and his crew land ed 35,720 pounds of spots; 1,400 pounds of medium blues; 1,100 pounds of specked trout; 700 pounds of drum; 700 pounds of bluefish and 200 pounds of sheeps head. With the exception of this catch no other large hauls have been reported from Carteret waters for the past 10 days. Willis and his crew sold their catch to A. B. Taylor in Beaufort. Weather conditions are responsible for a decrease in fish catches during the week ac cording to Leslie Davis, Beau fort dealer. Harkers Island Ferry Is Undergoing Repairs It was necessary to take the Hark ers Island Ferry out for repairs af ter the noon 'trip on Tuesday, Octo ber 26th. The ferry will be back in service just as soon as the necessary repairs are made, and the following schedule will be used: Lv. Island Lv. Gloucester 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 12:00 Noon 1: PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM The foregoing information was furnished the Beaufort News by Roy J. Hart, District Engineer. CAPTURED SHARKS CAN TOW A SKIFF Autumn is the season when the huge sand sharks come from the ocean to inside waters down at Ocracoke and Hatteras. They are frequently seen swimming slowly through the water in the vicinity of fish houses erected on piles adjacent to deep water channels. A favorite pastime for residents of the Outer Banks communities is to bait a bugs shark hook with a whole fish and try and capture the sharks. The small rope attached to the book is also attached to a skiff and once the shark takes the bait, the man in the boat gets a free tow sometimes for a hun dred feet, sometimes for a mile or more. A fisherman from Greenville at Ocracoke a few years ago hooked a shark which towed his skiff almost to the in let two miles away before it finally drowned. Some of the better known shark fishermen along the outer Banks are Dav id Gaskill and Albert Styron at Ocracoke and Phiip Mayer, a New York sportsman, who spends much time down at Hat teras each year fishing. Mr. Mayer has probably captured more sharks, real big fellows, than any other person along the Carolina cosat. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS $1.50 A YEAR More Scrap Metal Cargo On Greek Ship With the arrival of the Greek S. S. Tzeeny Chandris at Morehead City Port Terminal scenes such as that shown above will be re-enacted while longshoremen load scrap metal Three Flights Scheduled For Golf Tournament Next Sunday McQuaid And Skarren Make Best Scores Last Sunday T. McQuaid, and Bill Skarren made the best scores in the second round of Gulf Stream Golf Club's first autumn tournament last Sunday. Mc Quaid shot an 84 as compared to Skarren' 85 giving the former a 2 up win. Sorriest score made last Sunday was by Aycock Brown who was defeated by Pritchard Lewis in Flight four. Brown's score for 18 holes was 123 while Lewis played the same number in 106. Charles Hassell, chairman of the tournament committee stated today that there would be only three flights next Sunday as four players were eli minated last Sunday. Those eliminat ed from the tourney last Sunday, according to Chairman Hassell, were C. L. Beam, Julius Duncan, Philip World War Days Excerpts From The Beaufort News August 15, 1918 SHIPYARDS BRING WEALTH Employees Are Making Big Money And The Community Is Thereby Benefitted A considerable wave of prosper ty has hit this section by reason of the ship yard at Morehead City. Be tween four and five hundred men and boys are employed there and all of them are getting fine wages. Hard ly anybody gets less than five dollars a day and some of the carpenters are making as high as $9 per day. Re cently an order was passed that the men should work 12 hours a day and get paid for $14. They also work on Sundays and some of the work men are making around $250 per month. Most of the employees live in Morehead City but quite a good many of them live in Beaufort and this place is therefore sharing in the benefits derived from the enter prise. Lack of shipbuilding does not seem to prevent a man from getting a job as most of those who work there have had no such experience. A printer, who, worked for The News quit recently and went to work in the yard and many fisherman and farmers are at work there. Some of the farmers in the county are com plaining because attracted by the high pay their help has left them to work on the ships. It is also said by some that quite (continued on page five) Tenth Annual Meeting And Achievement Day Tomorrow Carteret Federation Of H-D Clubs Plan Gala Gathering The 10th annual meeting and Achievement Day of the Carteret Co unty Federation of Home Demonstia tion Clubs will get underway here tomorrow and if present plans carry it will be the biggest gathering of it3 kind ever presented in the county. Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, District Home Lifted At Port Goes To Rotterdam which will be shipped to Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Employment is given to a number of Carteret citi zens while loading operations are undreway at the port. R-ll J W. M. Webb. Mr. Webb was eliminated by forfeit as he failed to show up for the contest either on the first or second day of the tour ney. First flight and first prixe players next Sunday will be McQuaid vs Owensby and Noe vs Lewis in Flight No. It Hassell vs Skarren and Pot ter s Dr. Eure, in Flight No. 2 and Mace vs Woodland and Brown vs Jones in Flight No. 3 Flight two and three are playing for consolation prixe. Much interest has been centered around this first autumn tournament and Chairman Hassell urges the gen eral public to come out on Sunday afternoon and observe the players The first flight Sunday starts at 1:30 P. M, with the remaining two be ginning at 1:40 and 1:50 P. M. ... Other winners and their scores last Sunday follow: C. J. Owensby 92, Dr. Eure 93, 1-up winoen B. H. Noe 99, Stanley Woodland 112, 4-3 up. Thirteen Men Thiiteen men attended the reg ular meeting of the Beaufort Rotary club on Tuesday at which Rev. John L. Joyce, Methodist minister of Straits was the guost speaker. Six of those present were natives of other states, one was a native of Poland, but a naturalized American citizen. Six were 'native Tarheels, four of whom were born in Carteret county. Rev. Mr. Joyce's short talk was very interesting. He discussel human nature and the characteris tics of various humans. He explain ed his points very well and at the con clusion, 12 persons present gave him a roaring applause. If the Rev. Mr. Joyce's sermons are as interesting as his talk to the Rotarians, he should be packing the pews of his Carteret charges when ever he preaches. That 13 men, the majority of whom were natives of widely seperat ed states should come together at a Rotary meeting in Beaufort was an interesting incident. It was an ex cellent example of Rotary too, that this should occur. The incident was revealed by Rotarir.n M. Leslie D;.vis, who is quick to see the signif ic: nee of such an occu ranee. Those present and their native homes follow: Rot irian Jaeob Miller, Poland: Fred Seely, Kansas; John Joyce, Virginia; Gary Allen, S)uth Carolina, J. K. Vanderveer, New York, H. P. Crowell, Vermont, tSan ley Woodland, Maryland ; Jim Canady Snow Hill; Aycock Brown, Happy Valley; Graydon Paul, Davis; Gra ham Duncan, M. Leslie Davis and Clifford Lewis, Beaufort. Brown, Van derveer and Mr. Joyce were guests of the club. Woodland and Crowell were visiting Rotarians of Morehead City. Aeent of Raleigh will be the principal speaker of the day. A feature of the meeting will be the installation of the new president of the Carteret feder ation. Mrs. Cecil Morris will suc ceed Mrs. S. E. Hayne as president. The meting will be presided over by Mrs. Hayne. Prior to the begin ning of the program at 1 :30 o'clock, there will be a display in the office of Miss Margaret Clark, Carteret Home Agent, of the club achieve ments of 1937. The pupils is in continued on pago two) Gik Freighter "Verminal For Tzenny Chandris : The Greek S. S. Txeeny Chandris now at Morehead Cily Port Terminal is not the larg est ship to ever enter that har bor; she is not a 10,000 ton vessel; she is not an American built craft and she has not been bought by the Greek gov ernment. H. P. Crowell, man aging director of the Morehead City Port Terminal told The Beaufort News that the vessel had been purchased by Greek interests from the U. S. Ship ping Board and that her former name was Eastern Planet. Using that tip as a basis for a story The Beaufort News dug into government records and learned that the Eastern Star was not listed in the American Registry of Merchant Vessels for 1936 the latest edition. In the 1933 edition she 'was listed and the exact data on the vessel at that time follows Gross tonnage 5,815; Net 3, 604; Length 384.8 feet; Width 51.2 feet; Depth 25.5 feet; Owner: U.S.S.B.; Home port Seattle, Washington. She was built in 1920 at Kobe, Japan." Thirteen other American owned "Eastern" ships in the 1933 A v Registry were also built in V j Japan. y Record Channel Bass Catch At Drum Inlet Two hundred and sixty four channel bass were landed with rod and reel on Tuesday of this week by five Winston-Salem anglers fishing in the surf at Drum Inlet with Herbert Mor ris serving as guide. Those in the party were : Randolph Doss, Louis Barnes, Sam Fulp, Tom Davis and Thurston Bailey, and theirs is a record for any single day of surf fishing at Drum In let which this year is literally alive with these copper colored beauties. The fish taken were of medium size. None of the fish were released as is the custom with some anglers making big catches, but nonj were wasted. They were salted and packed for the anglers to take home with them where they will be used as food or given to fish eating friends. , . 1 v ; Hallowe'en Frolic One of the liveliest events cf the Hallowe'en season will be a "Frolic" at The American Leg ion Hut on Saturday night, Oc tober 30 at 7:30 o'clock. This "Frolic" is sponsored by the Beaufort Girl Scouts and pro ceeds realized from the small admission charge will be used for the benefit of the Recrea tional Center and Girl Scouts. A good time for all is promised. There wil be games, stunts, re freshment. and dancing. Every one is ur$,cd to attend in cos tume and enjoy the carnival. Yancey's Hallowe'en Different This Year Last Hallowe'en in Raleigh the Junior Chamber of Commer ce offered a prize to the best costumed youngster. Yancey Mebane, son of Mrs. Ruth Mebane and the late William Giles Mebane, for many years editor and president of The Beaufort News won first prize His photo appeared in The News Observer and subsequently in The Beaufort News. Last Hallowe'en was a happy one for Yancey Mebane. This year it is different. This year Yancey's Hallowe'en costume will be a er of Paris cast. A few days ago in the Raleigh gymnasium the former Beaufort youth fell and suffered a fractured verte brae. He was taken to Duke Hospital and placed in a cast. It will be several weeks before the cast can be removed. Annual Legion Service Carteret Post Legionaires will have their annual Armistice Day services on November 7. Church to be an. Bounced later. All ex-service men i urged to meet at Hut by 10:30 A. Mi At Cargo First Vessel For Scrap Iron Since Vigrid Cleared Already partially loaded be fore she sailed from Norfolk early this week the Greek S. S. Tzenny Chandris which arriv ed at Morehead City .Port Terminal late Wednesday will complete her cargo there and sail with same for Rotterdam in The Netherlands. This ves sel is the first to call at the Morehead City port for cargo since the Norwegian M. S. Vig rid cleared for Poland during the late summer. The Tzenny Chandris now owned by Greek interests was until recent, ly owned by the U. S. Shipping Board. Until she changed hands her name was the Eastern Planet and her home port was Seattle, Washington. She is one of three similar vessels acquired by the Chandris interests. Her gross tonnage is 5,815 while her net tonnage is 3,604. She is 384.8 feet long and 51,2 feet wide. She made a slow trip down from Norfolk, making the run in 43 hours. In Norfolk approximately 4,000 ton3 of scrap metal had been loaded and when she completes her cargo ni Morehead City she will have approx imately 8,000 tons aboard. The scrap metal being loaded at Morehead City was prepared for shipment by Ben Swartz of Norfolk who sold same to Robert Joseph of New York who is shipping it to The Netherlands. finning And ALL OUTDOORS t By AYCOCK BROWN X BIGGEST DEER oft he week was a 200 pound buck shot by Wesley Paul and party at Oyster Creek on Wednesday. . .Sports fishing dnrinff the week has not been anything worth bragging about although early in the week quite a number of party boats were seen anchored north of the Newport River drawbridge with anglers aboard . . . An orphan fawn captured near Atlantic was brought to town and remained at the home of Dock Thomas for several days, win ning his way into the hearts of tha family who would like very much to have kept it as a pet. ... But that against the law so the animal was turned over by Game Warden Leon Thomas to Department of Conserva tion officials who took it to Wash ington. . . . Ducks are beginning to arrive on Core Sound. . . . Especially (Continued on page eight) Bishop Paul Kern To Preach In Morehead Bishop Paul Kern of the M. E. Church South, will precah at More head City on Sunday night, October 31, at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced today by Rev. C. T. Rogers of Ann Street Methodist church, who stated that no services would be held at the local church that n'r;H. Rev. Mr. Rogers stated that members of the local church were invited and urged to attend the services conducted by the Bishop. .r "The members of Ann Street Methodist church and all churches of the New Bern District are asked to have our 'Annual Report" ready by this time. Members are asked to do their best, for at Morehead City Sunday night we want to make a full report," said Mr. Rogers. John Conway's Home Destroyed By Fire Fire which threatened one or tw houses in that vicinity completely destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Conway late Tuesday night. The Conway family were away from their home visiting neighbors when the flames were discovered. Aa alarm sent in from box 45 was imme'l iately answered by the Beaufort Fire Department, but their efforts wero slowed up due to a broken hydrant, nearest to the scene. It was neces sary to put out several hundred feet of hose to a hydrant on Ann Street, but by the time the water was flow ing through the hose, the building was too far gone to be saved. Tha firemen did save the home of Capt. Dave Goodwin and other houses in the vicinity. Amount of the lost could not be determined as this story , was written. . J 1 J n if it J-1
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