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VOLUME XXIX NO. 41
BEAUFORT, N7C., THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 1941
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
SL"e3SSaLl "WSk sam a in
Paving And Extending Of
Route 70 From Atlantic
To Cedar Island Sought
SEEKING NEW
ROAD IN EAST
Officials Of Road
Association In
Town Tues.
CIVIC LEADERS ARE
TOLD OF PROPOSALS
Members of the Chamber
of Commerce and the Junior
Chamber of Commerce met
here Tuesday with officials
of the Colonial Roads Asso
ciation in the office of Gra
ham W. Duncan. C of C sec
retary. Senator E. S. Askew,
Mayor of Oriental and H. M.
Harris, manager of the REA
in Pamlico County, both offi
cials of the road association out
lined plans and were then promis
ed the moral support of the local
organizations.
Objective of Colonial Roads As
sociation is to construct a new
route '.n the East which would con
nect Caituiet and East Craven
with a direct: route, north through
See NEW ROAD Page 8
600,000 Pounds
Of Spots Packed
By Local Dealer
During the big run of spot on
the coast Carteret Fish Company
, with packing houses in Beaufort,
Morehead City and Atlantic hand
led approximately 600,000 pounds,
it was stated by C. G. Holland, head
of the firm. This huge quantity
of fish, along with those handled
by other dealers in Beaufort,
Morehead City, Atlantic, Sea Level
and other communities pushed the
total catch to well over one mil
lion pounds.
Ordinarily large catches results
is a glut of the market but such
was not the case recently. The
prices paid to fishermen averaged
two cents per pound throughout
the run and the demand continued.
In addition to the steady stream of
trucks necessary to move the fish,
Carteret Fish Company used the
facilities of the freezing plant at
Morehead City (N.C. Fisheries)
for cold ttoraging quite a quan
tity of his purchases from the fish
ermen. Most of Carteret Fish
Company' catches came from
fishing crews on Bogue Banks.
Washington, D. C.
mi'i 'GREATEST TRAGEDY
You don't have to wait for his
torians to record the fact that the
greatest tragedy of the year 1841
as far as this war is concerned is
the way the British have twiddled
their thumbs, watched the Russians,
and done almost nothing except
cheer.
Over three months have passed
since Hitler sent his mechanized
masses hurtling across the Russian
border, and in that time the British
sent only a trickle of help.
1 Yet the British knew that pro
longed Russian resistance was the
biggest chance they had of defeat
ing Hitler. They also knew that
Hitler's tactic always has been to
pick his victims one by one.
Yet realizing this, the British have
done virtually the same thing Poland
did when Czechoslovakia was in
vaded, what Jugoslavia did when
Bulgaria was invaded, and what
Turkey did when Jugoslavia was
Invaded. They have merely sat on
the sidelines, sent 200 airplanes, plus
a mission to Moscow, taken a good
long rest and cheered.
Second FrontT
Meanwhile, the general staff ad
visers of both the British and Amer
ican armies have bluntly warned
that the Russians were sure to be
defeated unless a second front was
created against Hitler.
This second front against Hitler
meant. o. course, a. British. exDedi
See Merry-Go-Round Page 3
Big Delegation Is
Present Before
County Board
Cedar Island was repre
sented with many of its well
known citizens as another
appeal via the Carteret
County Board of Commis
sioners was made on Monday
for paving and extending U.
S. Route 70 to Pamlico Sound.
So well represented was Ce
dar Island, that the County
Board contacted Roy Hart,
supervisor of State road building
in this section, by telephone at his
office in New Bern and he hurried
down to Beaufort to attend the
meeting.
It was not the first time that
improvements for the road which
leads from Atlantic to the com
munities of Lola and Roe have
been sought. The Board passed a
resolution about 18 months ago
requesting that the improvements
be made, but no action was ever
taken. As matter of fact, Clerk
Irvin V. Pavis could not recall
whether the resolution as sent in
by the Board was ever acknowledg
ed by the State Highway Commis-
See PAVING Page 8
BELL-WALLACE
BUILDING NAVY
LANDING BOATS
Although just about everyone
on the coast had been aware of
the fact for several days, publica
tion of the news that Bell-Wallace
Company in Morehead City had
laid the keels and were making
rapid progress with the construe
tion of four 40-feet, 90-man, mo
tor launches for the U. S. Navy
was withheld until a Naval con
structing official had determined
from Washington that it would be
allright to release the story.
Thirty-two ship carpenters are
now employed at the Bell-Wallaco
Company. The building of these
four boats will not result in the
need for many additional carpen
ters, if any, it was indicated. At
present time Bell-Wallace Com
pany has the contract for only
four Navy boats. They must be
completed within GO days, it was
stated.
C. D. Jones Company
Is Making Several
New Improvements
C. D. Jones Company, leading
retail grocery firm in Carteret
County has been making improve
ments costing several thousand
dollars in its building here during
the past several days. These im
provements, now nearing comple
tion have included the installation
of the latest model refrigerator
rooms and display cases in the
market department, new plumb
ing construction which meets all
requirements, a new hardwood
(oak) floor in the grocery depart
ment and a new storage warehouse
on the pier.
These facilities make C. D. Jones
Company equal to and far better
than most grocery and market
firms in East North Carolina. The
work which is now underway is ex
pected to be completed within the
next few days. Business at the
store has gone forward .as usual
during renovation and added im
provements at the firm.
Observation Posts
For Air Raids To
Be Manned Oct. 20
Following a final tryout some
time during the coming week so
that Carteret County Air Raid
Warning Post observers may be
given final instructions, actual
manning of all posts will begin on
Monday, October 20, and continue
through October 25, it was an
nounced today. R. Hugh Hill, chief
observer of the local post has re
ceived instructions as to proce
dure. The local Post, located at Len-
oxville (Beaufort Fisheries) and
others in the County will be op
erated from 6 A. M. until 6 P. M.
During this first week there will
bo no night duty. Volunteers for
See OBSERVATION Page 8
O. C. BUCK TO PRESENT MANY
Big Attractions At Carteret County Fair
O. C. BUCK Exposition Shows, the midway feature at
Carteret Fair which begins in Beaufort at the High School
Athletic Field on October 20 and continues for one week
will present many of the biggest attractions in the show
world today. In addition to 12 thrilling ridei there will be 12 tent
show attractions, something to please every member of the family. O.
C. Buck's midway at Carteret Fair will be one of the big features, but
also scheduled to attract similar attention will be the varied display
of home and farm products in Exhibit Hall. Several hundred dollars
in cash prizes will be awarded exhibitors. In addition there will be
a total of $150 given away during the week to holders of lucky ticket
stubs and on white school children's day a lucky boy and a lucky girl
will each receive prize bicycles.
AIR LINE PLAN
TO BE SUBJECT
OF DISCUSSION
Park Commission To
Attend Ocracoke
Meet Oct. 18
CARTERET COUNTY TO
SEND REPRESENTATIVES
Plans for the establish
ment of a scheduled air line
operating from Norfolk via
the N. C. Outer Banks and
Atlantic and thence to Beau-fort-Morehead
City airport
here with possible extension
to Wilmington, Charleston
and Savannah will be dis
cussed at the meeting on Oc
racoke Island in Wahab Village
Hotel on Saturday, October 18 at
6 o'clock.
Announcement of the meeting
which will have committees pres
ent from each of the communities
in North Carolina to be served,
was made by R. S. Wahab, presv
dent of the Ocracoke - Manteo
Transportation Company's avia
tion division several days ago.
Since the first announcement, Mr.
Wahab has notified The Beaufort
See AIR LINE Page 8
Wahab May Start
Shark Fishery On
N. C. Outer Banks
R. S. Wahab of Ocracoke and
Baltimore is planning to start a
sharkk fishery on a rather large
scale down on the Outer Banks in
the vicinity of Ocracoke and Hat
teras at an early date, according to
a story published in Dare County
Times last week.
There is quite a demand for
shark livers at present, and where
the industry is carried on properly
not only is the oil from livers in
demand but there are many other
by-products such as skins, fins,
annal-gut, teeth and bones ob
tainable, each of which have a
commercial value.
As we go to press today we had
not received more complete de
tails from Wahab about the re
ported enterprise he will estab
lish. The Dare County Times in
dicated that the Ocracoke native
who has made quite a success in
life as a business man, had already
purchased a net for the shark fish
ery.' NAVY IS SEEKING
CAMP GLENN SITE
A called meeting of the Board
of Directors of the State-controlled
Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road will be held in Governor
Broughton's office October 15.
The governor said today that
among items of business to be con
sidered was a $15,000 bid by the
navy for the site of Camp Glenn
near Morehead City, where the
navy wishes to establish a supply
base. The abandoned camp used
to be a training ground for the
national guard.
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12TH DISTRICT
WOMAN'S CLUB
TO MEET HERE
Accept Invitation To
Convene Here
During 1942
Accepting an, yitation of
the locul Woman's Lauu, the
Twelfth District of the North
Carolina Federation of Wo
men's Clubs will meet in
Beaufort nekt year. The
state president, Mrs. P. R.
Rankin, of Mt. Gilead, the
second vice-president and
chairman of districts, Mrs. Clar
ence W. Beasley, of Colerain, and
Mrs. George W. Edwards, of Snow
Hill, the district president, will be
See WOMAN'S CLUB Page 8
Swansboro To Get
USO Recreational
Facilities Soon
Mayor Tom Wade of Swans
boro, in Beaufort Tuesday, stated
that Representative Graham A.
Barden had announced that $20,-
000 had been allotted for building
a recreational building in the east
Onslow community for soldiers,
sailors and marines. The building
will probably be located near the
western 2nd of the bridge leading
from Carteret County into the
community, it was s tated. The
building is one of several which
will be operated by the United
Service Organizations. Such a
building for Morehead City will al
so be constructed. It will cost in
the neighborhood of $75,000.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
So meallowances must Nj
made for variations in the
$ wind and also with respect
t to the locality, that is whett
? er near the inlet or at the
1 head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Friday, Oct. 10
11:02 AM 4:40 AM
5:26 PM
Saturday, Oct. 11
11:24 AM 5:21 AM
11:43 PM 6:15 PM
Sunday, Oct. 12
12:08 AM 6:12 AM
12:28 PM 7:12 PM
Monday, Oct. 13
1:00 AM 7:12 AM
1:20 PM 8:10 PM
Tuesday, Oct. 14
2:01 AM 8:17 AM
2:21 PM 9:09 PM
Wednesday, Oct. 15
3:08 AM 9:20 AM
3:26 PM 10:03 PM
Thursday, Oct. 16
4:12 AM 10:22 AM
4:27 PM 10:55 PM
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BEAUFORT HIGH
WON GRIDIRON
GAME FRIDAY
Locals Touchdowned
Twice In Second
Quarter
By A. R. RICE
It was homecoming for
Beaufort High last Friday
and they made it a memor
able one with a 20 to 13 de
feat of Laerancrp Hio-ri. sn
now they have a victory and
tie in two starts.
The locals touchdowned
twice in the second quarter.
Austin intercepted at the vis
itors 45 and with plenty
blocking went across. Sadler kick
ed for, but missed, the extra point.
Austin passed from his own 23 .to
Davis who caught it at the La
grange 45 and dashed to six points.
Schedules Abandoned
In Morehead City
Principal Joslyn of the More
head City school announced this
week that due to lack of interest
on the part of players and citizens
of the port city, that the football
schedule there would be abandonee
this year. In the past Morehead
City has had some very good foot
ball teams and the clash each year
between Beaufort (which has play
ed two games and lost none so far
this year) has been an annual clas
sic. The pass carried 30 yards. Austin
then drove over for the extra sing
leton. Score: 13 to 0. Lagrange
put on a last ditch score thirteen
seconds before the half ended. A
pass from midfield to the ten was
caught and run across. They
pllunged over for the point. Score:
13 to 7.
In the third quarter Austin aer
ialed one to Rogers for 20 yards
and the latter scooted the remain
ing 20 to the goall. Williams place
kicked point and the score stood
20 to 7. In the last quarter La
grange made the final accounting
stand 20 to 13 when on third down
and nine to go their quartergack
rifled one to his left-end in the end
zone. They missed the point try.
Taylor, Dunn and Garner star
red on the defense for Beaufort
and Moore for Lagrange and as
can be seen from the foregoing
See FOOTBALL Page 8
Mosquitoes Give
Deer Break From
Carteret Hunters
Tom Gibbs shot and wounded a
fine 165-pound buck last week
which was killed a few minutes
later by news photographer
from Raleigh who had come to the
coast to shoot pictures of local big
game nimrods. The photographer,
whose name was not learned, was
with Game Warden Leon Thomas.
Those in the party at this first
kill of the season were Gibbs and
his brother Ben Gibbs, L. D. Sprin
gle, Robert Willis, Murray Thomas
and Tom Tosto.
Hunting activities have slowed
down temporarily, not due to the
lack of game, but due to great
hordes of mosquitoes which harass
hunters when they go into the
woods. Thus, the mosquitoes are
giving the deer on the coast a real
break.
rt.l..... trnm ucli civic club
Halloween Festival
Legion Hut on Tuesday night and completed plans for the most elab
orate Hallowe'en Festival ever attempted in Beaufort. Members for
k w.r. .nnointed on a Youth Welfare Committee tc
make the event a success. James
Junior Chamber of Commerce was
appointed chairman of this com
mittee. The Festival will be held
on Friday night, October 31.
The program, according to Mrs.
Tom Potter of the P.T.A. who re
ported the story to The Beaufort
News, follows:
Carnival (for younger children)
at Beaufort School Gym, between
7 and 9 o'clock; Parade of School
Band and Boy Scouts and others in
business section between 9 and
9:30 o'clock for competition of
prizes, (Two business blocks will
be roped off during this period);
Awarding of prizes in front of
Beaufort Theatre, 9:30 o'clock; A
A Community Beautification
Program Is Planned Here By
Junior Chamber Of Commerce
Senator May Become
Bridegroom Today
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IF SENATOR Robert R. Reynolds
becomes the bridegroom today of
Miss Evalyn W. MacLean, as was
indicated in the morning news dis
patches from Washington, he will
have many friends on the Carteret
Coast who will extend their con
gratulations and wish him happi
ness on his new matrimonial ven
ture. Despite the fact that the
junior Senator has received crit
icism from various sources for his
stands on Lend-Lease and other
measures of national interest, he
has friends throughout the coun
try and especially in Carteret
County who like him because he is
a "regular fellow."
Local Committee To
Greet New Arrivals
Members of the newly-organized
Junior Chamber of Commerce
here are sponsoring a movement to
have a committee call on and greet
all new residents to Beaufort. The
main objective is to make the new
comers feel at home by this hos
pitality, and to help them get ac
quainted. In announcing this new hospi
tality service Jay-Cee President
James Potter III stated that Mrs.
W. L. Woodard of the Woman's
Club has agreed to act as chair
man of the committee. Several
well known local persons have
agreed to serve with her on the
committee.
Monthly Clinics To
Start Monday At
Health Department
On Monday afternoon, October
13, from 2 to 3 P. M. and each
month following there will be
held a clinic for the colored, for
the care of pregnant women, and
infants under 18 months, who can
not afford such care from a pri
vate physician.
During these clinics proper
feeding and habit training of the
babies will be taught the mothers.
The prospective mothers will re
ceive physical examinations, and
have blood tests made.
On Tuesday afternoon at the
same hour a similar clinic will
be held for the white.
Those persons attending these
clinics are urged to be prompt.
Anyone coming late will not be
able to register.
in Beaufort met at the American
Hollister Potter, president of the
special movie, co-sponsored by
The Beaufort Theatre and Parents
Teachers Association will begin at
9:30 o'clock. Tickets to this event
which wi)l rival the New Year's
Eve parties will be sold by mem
bers of the P.T.A.
Mrs. Martha Loftin has been
named publicity chairman for the
event. Civic clubs taking part in
the sponsorship of the first BIG
Hallowe'en Festival for Beaufort
include: Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Rotary Club, Woman's
Club, P.T.A., American Legion,
American Legion Auxiliary, and
the Chamber of Commerce.
Resources Survey
Of Carteret Is
Also Planned
Representatives from the
Junior Chamber of Com
merce appeared before the
Board of Town Commission
ers at their regular monthly
meeting relative to a com
munity beautification pro
gram the newly formed or
ganization is sponsoring. The
Board assured every coop
eration insofar as funds would al
low for same. The Jay-Cees dur
ing their meeting on Monday night
also discussed and agreed to spon
sor a proposed Resource Survey
for Carteret County under the di
rection of national REA officials.
Objective of the proposed Re
source Survey is to make a com
plete record of all utilities, com
mercial enterprises, census of all
types of workmen, types of soil,
water facilities, transportation
facilities, and just about every
thing else that a person could ever
want to know about a county. The
See BEAUTIFICATION P 8
COVERING THE
WATERFRONT
B, AYCOCK BROWN
I HAVE COVERED just about
every foot of ground in Carteret
County, but so far I have never
been to Lukens. Sometime I hope
I can visit that community. De
spite the fact that Mr. Banks, the
post master over there, conies to
town often, it is still a mighty hard
place to reach unless you make ar
rangements for a boat to ferry
you across South River from Mer
rimon. Dr. Maxwell was over at
Lukkens recently, considering the
purchase of some cattle. He said
that there was about 300 head of
cattle over there which, although
privately owned, are permitted to
roam in a semi-wild state much
like the cattle of the Outer Banks.
WHILE INSPECTING the semi
wild herd he ran into a very inter
esting story as told by the young
man who was showing him the cat
tle. On part of what is known as
old Perquimans Plantation, there
is a grove of huge Live Oaks.
There are two tombstones under
the trees which date back to early
1800s. Whose graves they are, Dr.
See WATERFRONT Page 8
The Village News-Press ' v
(Prop, and Editor, Wah WincMl)
Bight smart remark by Ed Cantor
on his radio hour. Said to Carol
Landis that she must excuse Joe
DiMaggio for never hcarin' about
her as he never seen any movie
shows. "Then what is he doin' on
the N. Y. Yankees?" Carol said
back. "He should be with the Wash
ington Senators!"
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Ezra Stone, accordin' to reliable
report direct from his camp, I -.A
to drill in double time last weide
'cause his gun wa3 dirty.
Yestiddy In 1938 Olsen & John
son's op'ry came to town. Three
years old goin' on 4 million dol
lars. Oley and Chick sent ye ed m
telegram, sayin': "Thanks for what
you wrote about it to make it an all
time annuity for two lucky an
appreciative Scandinavians." How
about a coupla passes, fellers?
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Ye ed sure wishes his detractors
would hold a rehearsal of some
thin'. In a magazine piece it was
claimed we ain't never had no
scoops on the Hauptmann case. But
in a new book (The Bunk of the
Month) ; ye ed is criticized tor spill
In' secrets about the easel The se
crets (scoops!) came from New
York policemen workin' on it
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How come those famous speaker
and lawmakers get $600, and more
from the America Flrsters to make
those "patriotic" speeches?
See WINCHELL Page 3 '
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