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BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1941
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
VOLUME XXIX NO. 43
CARTERET FAIR PATRONS FIND ENJOYMENT ON
THE RIDES OF O. C. BUCK'S MIDWAY THIS YEAR
AIR LINE IS
DISCUSSED AT
ISLAND MEET
THE BIRTHDAY O F THE U. S. NAVY
CARTERET TO
OBSERVE NAVY
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R. S. WAHAB EXPLAINS
PLAN FOR NEW SERVICE
O. C. BUCK'S EXPOSITION Shows, the midway attraction at Carteret County Fair
which is now underway in Beaufort at the High School Athletic rieia c.ose. uu.
following one of the most successful seasons m its career. The success has been due to
lat was
iled to
several shows are splendid attractions
following one of the most successful seasons m its career. I he success has been au
the interesting shows and rides that have been presented by the master showman.
ways, a. a traveling show's season draw, to a close, some of the attract.on, beg.n leaving and thai
th case with the local presentation, the reason the 12 shows and 12 ride, originally advertised fail,
.k U .r. (,. n rides which are presented and the several shows are splendid attrac
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and
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from the entertaining
much attention thi. year is a new ride
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Show (featuring the Mayor of "Wizard of Oz") Isle of Bali and Coldie Fitf. interesting reptile display
"Daughter of Eve." .
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pour through the fair grounds between now and Saturday night for the enjoyment mat i. aer.yeu
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feature.. Pictured above i. the thrilling wnip, a reaiurca r.uc.
"The Silver Streak." There is also a Kollo-riane, rerris '.
Motordrone, Varieties, Circus bide
include
Exhibit Hall Is I
Big Attraction
At County Fair
: John R. Lane, representative of
Campbell's SoupT attended Car
teret Fair this week and later told
Beaufort News Editor that he had
een many fairs in Eastern North
Carolina, but that the exhibits on
display here this week are by far
the best he has yet seen, with pos
sible exception of Clinton Fair.
"Most of the so-called (air. are
'. pre.ented a. an excu.e to bring a
midway or carnival to town," said
Mr. Lane.
Exhibit Hall of the legion .pr.
aarrA event here thi. vear in the
School Gymnasium .hould be vi.
iteJ bv everv person who enters
the gates if they want to see Car
tcret on Parade." In addition to
the attractive exhibits of clubs,
school., and firm., there are hun
dred. of individual exhibit, of the
farm and home. Exhibit Hall', at
tractivene.. this year is due to the
anlendid management of rMs. Phil
Thomas and Mrs. James Caffrey
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News.
COVERING THE
WATERFRONT
B, AYCOCK BROWN
Notes of an
Innocent Bystander:
Old. but Good: Mrs. Jimmy Young,
the newspaper gal, passes along the
one about the American woman in
London for her first air raid. She
was so scared she jumped Into a
nearby garbage can. Two Chinese
came along and saw her.
"Goodness me!" said the first.
"What strange people are these Oc
cidentals. In China we wouldn't
think of throwing away a pretty
woman like that for at least another
ten years!"
Dot Is Dot Vay: Eddie Cantor's
, favorite anecdote about Dot Parker
deals with the time she was bored
stiff at someone's country place for
the week-end. She sent a pal this
telegram:
"Please rush loaf of bread and en
close a saw and file!"
la Other Words: The World-Telly
Interviewer described Franz Werfel,
the German refugee author, this
way: "Here Is a small, stoutish
man with a face broad and gemuet
lich as a kartoffel pfannkuchen."
' That's a nice thing to portisen
about a Stan portis, and how'd you
rillarab if he prampsoned the same
sedkuppit?
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: Quite so, Qulteso: Two vaudevil
lians were standing in front of the
HaacjTheater. reminiscing .about
See WINCHELL Page 7
OSCAR BUCK, genial owner of
0. C. Buck Exposition's Shows on
the midway of Carteret Fair,
caueht a 30-pound Cero back in
1937, when his outfit was the fea
ture attraction of the American
Legion sponsored Carteret County
Fair. The showman is quite a iish
prman. hut this vear instead of
catching another giant Cero, Os
car caught a batch of smaller fish
when he and several of his asso
ciates went to Cape Lookout on
Tuesday. They were kidding him
around the cook-tent of the show
saying that the fish he had caught
which were beine: cooked, were
really the bait that had been taken
along on the trip.
LON RAMSDELL, Buck Show's
crack publicist, was in the fishing
party on Tuesday. Instead of
catching fish though he did what
the average publicity man, news
paperman or Waterfront column
ist would do. I guess you know
what I am driving at. Lon's a great
guy. He likes the North Carolina
coast. Would like to stick around
in these parts this winter. Once
he was with the publicity staff of
Ringling Brothers Circus. He en
joys talking to newspapermen
knows how to appeal to them so
they in return will give his Show
a blurb. He likes to tell jokes. I
wish I could print that one he told
me about the elephant but guess I
will have to wait and tell it in
somebody's parlor some night.
COLDIE FITTS Is the "snake
man." That is, he owns the Rep
tile tent. The "Daughter of Eve"
is Mrs. Fitts. She handles the
snakes. None of them are poison
ous, but several have been. The
secret of handling snakes is to milk
the poison (if they are poisonous)
from their fangs and then extract
See WATERFRONT Page 8
GOP Leader Will
Speak In Clinton
Friday Afternoon
Congressman Joseph Martin, Jr.,
chairman National Republican Ex
ecutive Committee and minority
leader for the Republicans in the
House of Representatives will
speak at Clinton on Friday (to
morrow) afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the Courthouse, it was announced
today by C. H. Bushall, chairman
of the Carteret Republican Committee.
Mr. Bushall stated that thi3
would be the only appearance of
Congressman Martin in Eastern
North Carolina although he is
scheduled to speak at Chapel Hill
and ona or two other places in the
state. Mr. Bushall and several Car
teret Republicans are planning to
attend the meeting.
HOME-COMING
Governor J. Melville Broughton
has tentatively accepted an invi
tation to be guest of honor at I
Cedar Island Home-Coming event
tentatively scheduled for Friday,
October 31, it was announced tO'
dav bv Capt. Gus Styron, promi
nent citizen of that island and
Lenoxville. One thing Governor
Rrmiahton will see will be nee
for a better road to the island.
Complete information about Home
Coming in next issue.
CREATE MARKET
FOR LIVER S OF
SHARK LOCALLY
Chemical Firm Of
New Jersey To
Purchase
The demand for shark liv
ers from which a certain vi
tamin content is available
has opened the way for an
addtiional income to fisher
men along the North Caro
lina coast. Contacting com
mercial fishermen, public of
ficials and fisheries authori
ties this week, Roger Moran
of the chemical division of the o
burn Degreasing Company of Har
rison, N. J., told of the demand,
how the livers should be prepared
and the possibility of selling at an
early date (to his firm) certain
other valuable qualities of shark
which have been considered here
tofore along the North Carolina
coast as something of a nuisance
with no commercial value.
Mr. Moran flew to the Beaufort
See LIVERS Page 8
Thousands See
Gold Hotpoint
In Dowdy Booth
Several thousand men, women
and children passing through Ex
hibit Hall at the Carteret County
Fair have stopped to admire the
attractive booth of Dowdy Furni
ture Co. and to marvel at the
golden Electric Hotpoint range
which is a feature- of the display.
This Electric Hotpoint is the mil
lionth range manufactured by that
firm. The handles, dials and all
trimmings are 14 karat gold.
This Hotpoint No. 1,000,000
has been exhibited throughout the
nation, but never before in East
ern Carolina. If you want to see
a most unusual cooking range, see
the golden Hotpoint before Car
teret Fair ends this week. You will
also be interested in the attrac
tive booth which has been created
by Douglass Dowdy, son of R. H.
DoDwdy, owner of the Morehead
City furniture firm.
Manteo, Hatteras, Ocra
coke and Atlantic will soon
have scheduled air line ser
vice daily if plans discussed
extensively in Wahab Vil
lage Hotel on Ocracoke Is
land last Saturday night ma
terialize. In addition to the
communities mentioned, the
daily service would originate
in Norfolk where it would connect
with Penn Central and terminate
at the outset in Beaufort-More-
head City, later extending on to
Wilmington and Charleston, con
necting at the latter place with
Eastern Air Lines.
Until the meeting on Saturday,
there had been talk from time to
time relative to the establishment
of an airline via the Outer Banks,
but no organization steps had been
taken other than that on the part
of Ocracoke-Manteo Transport
tion Company officials and finan
cial backers. On Saturday how
ever, prominent citizens from
manv of the communities to be
served were present at a dinner
meeting as the guests of R. Stan
ley Wahab in his beautiful island
hotel, and they were told that the
service would begin, that ample fi
nancial backing was already avail
able and that all that would be re
auired of the communities along
the route would be to maintain the
existing runways of their landing
fields or establish flew runways
which, would meet with CAA spec
ifications for the establishment of
the line.
Mr. Wahab, host to those attend
ing the meeting had representa
tives. George Shriver, investment
banker of Baltimore was present.
Briefly he stated that ample finan
cial backing for the enterprise
would be available. Also present
was Carroll Spencer of the law
firm of Watson and King in Wash
ington. He would be the Washing
ton, D. C, contact with the Civil
Aeronautics Authority in securing
the necessary privileges and he
spoke briefly on that subject as did
Martin Kellogg, Dare County's at
torney and legal representative of
Ocracoke - Mantoo Transportation
Company.
Director R. Bruce Etheiklge of
the Department of Conservation
and Development who is also chair
man of the National Seashore was
See AIR LINE Page 8
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J. G. Allen Reveals
Plans Of Local
Committee
NAVAL OFFICERS TO
ADDRESS STUDENTS
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One hundred and sixty
six years ago a committee of
three -men, John Adams, Si
las Deafi and John Langdqn
purchased the merchant ship
Black Prince of Philadel
phia. Renamed the Altred,
this vesslel had the distinction
rjf Seind thefirstship-iirthe
United tates Navy. These
men wereappointed by Congress,
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NightjBlooming
Cereus Blossoms
One of the most unusual of all
flowers is the night blooming ce
reus, a member of the cactus fam
ily. Recently two local plants, one
owned by Mrs. Pinner of the Farm
Agent's office," the other by Mrs.
Pierson of Inlet Inn bloomed on
the same night. Each plant had six
blossoms. Many persons were in
vited in to see the blossoms, which
were buds at nightfall gorgeous
blooming flowers by 9 o'clock
which withered and died by the
crack of dawn.
Carteret County will join
in a fitting observance of
Navy Day on October 27, the
day on which "The Nation,
Salutes The Navy," accord
ing to plans revealed today
by Supt. J. G. Allen, for the
Navy Day Committee. Civic
Clubs, Schools, Churches,
and Theatres have been in
vited to participate in var
ious ways in iflaking our
coastal people even more
Navy conscious than ever.
In a communication addressed
to the principals of the consolidat
ed schools, Supt. Allen suggested,
among other things, that the flag
"fly high," as always; the prepar
See NAVY DAY Page 8
RED CROSS
ROLL CALL
through the efforts of George
Washington, as a Naval Commit
tee responsible for the purchase
of two vessels. An original ap
propriation of $100,000 was in
creased several days later, making
possible the purchase of four ships
in all the latter three named the
Columbus, '"'CaboT'" and'" Andrew
Doria.
NEW ATTORNEY
DIVORCES
Eight divorce cases were grant
ed during the October term of
court convening here last week.
Seven of the divorces were grant
ed on the two year separation
clause. In the eighth case the
plaintiff alleged impotency and
was granted a divorce following
evidence presented.
Those granted under two year
separation clause follow: Clyde
Hill vs. Helen Hill; Lina Copeland
vs. Bernie Copeland; C. H. O'Berry
vs. Lena O'Berry; Ruby Lockhart
vs. Richard Lockhart; Eliza Wig
fall vs. James Wigfall; Rena A.
Ricks vs. Henry Ricks, and Esther
L. Mason vs. Marcus Mason. Lina
Mae Champion alleging impotency
on the part of her husband James
B. Champion, was granted a separation.
Four Galley Skarren
Knows His Linotype
Pat "Four Galley" Skarren,
Beaufort News Linotype operator
is a wizard at the key-board of the
type-setting machine. This morn
ing he set four galleys (about five
eclumns) of type of today's edi
tion in one hour and 40 minutes.
That may not be a world record,
but it is a record for Beaufort
News' composing room.
NAVAL OFFICER
TO BE SPEAKER
ATWC MEETING
Members of the Woman's Club
were assured this week that a U.
S. Naval officer, attached to the
construction personnel of Cun
ningham Field at Cherry Point,
would be guest speaker at the an
nual dinner meeting in Core Creek
Community House on Thursday
evening, November 6 at 7 o'clock.
Theme of the meeting will be Na
tional Defense.
An invitation is extended the
public to attend this meeting. Din
ners will be served at SO cents per
plate and tickets for tame will f o
on sale about one week prior to
the event. It it likely that a pre.
lude to the meeting will be a short
recital over the new Cora Creek
Cathedral Chimes.
I TIDE TABLE
t
f Information as to tlie tide
X at Beaufort is given in this
! column. The figures are ap- 1
proximately correct and are f
based on tables furnished by
? the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Y
X So meallowances must Ni
made for variations in the
X wind and also with respect
Y to the locality, that is whetti
? er near the inlet or at the
t head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Claud Wheatly, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Wheatly, was sworn in
for the practice of law here this
week before Judge Q. K. Nimocks.
He is a graduate of Citadel and
the University of North Carolina.
He will be associated with his
father, well known and successful
local attorney.
MANY CHILDREN
IN COUNTY GET
VACCINATIONS
Clinics Are Held
In Conjunction
With School
America's national defense ef
forts require a great expansion of
all American Red Cross activities,
Dr. F. E. Hyde, chairman of the
Beaufort Chapter, declared today
in urging "all-out" support of the
greatest membership Roll Call m
Red Cross history to be held from
November Jl to 30. Dr. Hyda
said the local Chapter had set a'"
quota of 400 members for its share,
in the national appeal. "We mutt
go over the top in this Roll Call,"
he added, "because the contin
uance of the National Red Cross
program depends upon the tuccets
of the local chaptert in appealing
for members.
Funds realized during the Roll
Call period, will be used to enable
the American Red Cross and its
chaptert to carry on its expanded
services to the Army and Navy and
to widen its national defense pro
gram for the civilian population.
Carteret citizens have been aided
by the Red Cross in th epast fol
lowing hurricanes, and Carteret
citizens also that things happen
fast and furiously today. Should
there be an invasion or an attack
by the enemy on any of our com
munities, American Red Cross
would be among the first to aid
those who suffer from such at
tacks. Bearing this in mind the
Annual Roll Call in Carteret,
should not only be reached, it
should go over the top IMMEDIATELY.
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Sunday, Oct.
12:21 AM
12:54 PM
Monday, Oct.
1:25 AM
1:59 PM
Tuesday, Oct.
2:36 AM
3:09 PM
Wednesday, Oct
3:47 AM
4:14 PM
Thursday, Oct.
4:48 AM
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One of the first programs
instituted by the Carteret
County Health Department
was that of immunizing a
gainst Diphtheria and Small
pox all of the children in the
first three grades of school
whose parents requested it.
Typhoid Clinics have been
held in conjunction with the
school program in the west
ern part of the county.
To date 5U6 persons have re
ceived Smallpox Vaccinations, 878
persons received tnree injections
of Typhoid Vaccine and 431 chil
dren have received Diphtheria
Toxoid.
During the coming winter the
See MANY CHILDREN P 8
Cuban Tramp In
Port This Week
One of the smallest tramp
steamers yet to visit Morehead
City's new terminals was in port
this week. She was the Joaquin
Godoy of Havana. Coastguards
men from Beaufort station undei
command of Capt. Norman Eth
eridge boarded the vessel and
made an inspection. She stopped
at Morehead City to re-fill her
bunkers with coal.
Length of the craft was not
learned. She looked like a miniature-f
the larger freighters which
ha' visited Morehead City Port
T ninab if She entered the port
f -n ou jide through Beaufort In
U but continued to Baltimore
f ough the Inland Waterway.
1 e Joaquin Godoy was the first
' ssel flying a Cuban flag to enter
e port. Her draught was only
;,even feet
Washington, D. C.
v AN INSIDE STORY
Word trickling back to the diplo
matic corps from Germany indi
cates that Hitler is beginning to
.realize that the United States means
business, and that he made a tragic
mistake in not accepting the advice
of his more conservative diplomats
who" warned him of this in the first
place.
In fact, the inside story, which
now can be told, is one of the most
tragic of the war. Possibly if it had
not been for overweening personal
jealousies the war might even have
been prevented.
What happensd was that when
Hans Dieckhoff, German ambassa
dor to Washington, returned to Ber
lin in 1938, he brought tack a strong
report that the United States would
enter the war eventually if Germany
became the aggressor. He was
ready to warn that Germany faced
a repetition of 1917-18. But Foreign
Minister Von Ribbentrop would not
let him see Hitler.
Ribbentrop, probably the most
ambitious man around der Fuehrer
and a great friend of Himmler,
wanted to be the runnel for all ad
vice going to Hitler. Also he w
feeding him his own kind of aggres
sive advice, not the cooling caution
of Ambassador Dieckhoff.
In the same cautious school with
the ambassador were Baron Von
Neurath. recently oust as gflyej-
See MERRY-GO-ROUND P 7