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VOLUME XXIX NO. 51.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1941.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
BEAUFOR'
C.H. YOUNG HAS
BEEN EMPLOYED
BY COUNTY REA
Half Of Lines In
Carteret Have
Been Strung
COMPLETION DATE IS
NOW SET FOR FEB.
15
C. H. Younjr. formerly in
charge of the Miller Baxter
Company s crew which was
employed by the Carteret
Craven Electric Membership
Cooperative to build approx
imately 158 miles of lines
from one end of the county
to the other, has been employ
ed as operating manager of coastal
utility. He is a native of Owens
boro, Ky., and before his connec
tions with the Carteret-Craven Co
operative he had been employed
for the past five years by the Mil
ler Baxter Company. He wa3
highly recommended for the job,
and local persons associated with
the Carteret REA knew much of
his ability before he was employed
due to his previous work in the
county as manager for Miller
Baxter Company.
Carteret-Craven REA project'.
'potential completion date has been
,6et for February 15. It would
liave been finished in September
(as first planned) had not the Na
tional Emergency come along to
Blow up the arrival of materials.
Much of the project has been com
pleted already, however, and about
.i 30 miles of the total of 158 miles
' ,ag been energized. Lines have
- been strung along Route 24 to
, , Pelletier and Stella, but so far this
section has not been energized.
Lines have also been strung from
Newport where the sub-station is
located) to Cherry Point, and to
? Core Creek. These lines have been
energized. Lines have also been
f See C. H. YOUNG Page 8
f - KMIMBI PEARL HARBOR
Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town
Santa Claus, (himself in person)
- will arrive in Beaufort on Satur
; day afternoon, and he will be a
famitair tight on Front street in
the vicinity of down-town stores
until Christmas Eve. His arrival
in Beaufort is sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
and, as a result of a meeting of
that organization at the Inlet Inn
on Monday night of this week.
RIMIMBIR PEARL HARBOR
Man About Town:
The Story Tellers: The Dec. 2nd
Look has this observation by S.
Spewack: That the bombings of
Britain accomplished this much, at
least: The British people realized
that property rights aren't as im
portant as human rights . . . Per
haps Life magazine is a jinx. First
it went all-out for a baseball rookie
who never lived up to their sugary
words about him. Then Life threw
a book of pretty orchids at a foot
ball team in Texas which got licked
and went right into a losing streak.
I Now Life hangs a blue ribbon around
' a show whose star has become very
ill and forced the play's postpone
'ment . . . Jim Young's piece in
: Flying and Popular Aviation is eye-arresting.
wtiBm
The Front Pages: Mr. Woollcott
got a little originality into his back-from-Europe
interview. He recalled
that the funniest thing said in the
Old Country during his sojourn was
a little ad lib of his own "Oh, to
be in England now that Averell is
here!" ... He also declined to be
quoted on something he could sell
which is a line from his character in
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
... A local copy-reader has a
scrap-book of editorials walloping
FDR for allegedly muzzling the
press. His title for the collection is
"In Defense of Hysteria" ... In
'The Chuckling Fingers," (a whale
of a crime yarn) the author reports
oewj phnlogs settingup their tri-
See WINCHELL Page 7
His Students Have
Another Successful
Father-Son Banquet
C. S. LONG, Vo-Ag teach
er of Newport School, who is
an outstanding leader in his
field of work, along with the
cooperation of his students
and the Home Economic
group, presented another
very successful Father-Son
banquet last Friday night. The
them: of the banquet this year
was patriotism, and patriotic ideas
was presented during the program
as well as in the decorations.
Principal speaker cn the pro
gram was Dr. Ben F. Royal whose
subject was Poems, and how the
poets of the ages have predicted
the present world crisis. In his
most interesting and illuminating
talk he brought his subject to a
climax by bringing back the "Fath
er and Son" thought. His talk was
brief, but to the point. "The defi
nition of character is what is left
of a man after his reputation is
gone. You can't keep a man down
who has character," he said.
H. C. Joslyn, principal of More
head City Schools and chairman of
the Production Credit Association
for three coastal counties, was the
first speaker on the program, and
his subject hinged around the re
lationship of fathers and sons
During the program two of the
Vo-Ag students, dressed as soldier
and sailor, gave a demonstration
about the proper use of the Amer
ican flag.
Much credit for the success of
the event was due Miss Parker,
Home-Economics teacher and her
students who prepared the delic
ious banquet for the fathers, sons
and guests present,
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
MEMBERSHIP I
I DRIVE ENDSl
The final checkup for the
1942 Roll Call conducted by
the Beaufort Chapter of the
American Red Cross, under
the chairmanship of E.. C.
McConnell, reveals that this
has been the most successful
Roll Call in the history of
the Chapter. The total mon
ey collected amounted to
$472.35. The total membership
were 447 divided as follows: one
$10.00 membership; four $5.00
memberships; 442 $1.00 member
ships. The monies collected for
the Roll Call are divided between
the local chapter and the Nation
al Organization. Fifty cents of
each membership plus half of all
contributions under $1.00 goes to
headquarters and the remainder
See MEMBERSHIP Page 8
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR -
Tax Executions May
Be Paid On Partial
Plan Until Jan. 22
Sheriff C. G. Holland announc
ed today that anyone desiring to
make partial payments on execu
tions served as result of delinquent
taxes may do so, provided the full
amount of taxes due is paid in full
by January 22, 1942, which is the
date set for advertising. This new
plan has been adopted to aid those
who can pay off executions in in
stallments, and so that their prop
erty may be saved from Sheriff's
sale. The partial payments, how
ever, must be made into the
Sheriff's Office and not the reg
ular Tax Collector's Office, it
was stated.
Air Raid
Blackout
Warnings
Members of Carteret Post
99, American Legion, have
been officially sworn in as
Air Raid Blackout Wardens
in Beaufort and during
Blackout tests or actual
emergencies arising from at
tack by enemy planes they
have police power and authority
to arrest any violators of the new
Ordinance relative to this precau
tionary setup.
T. E. Kelly has been named
Chief Warden, and his assistant or
zone chiefs include C. L. Beam,
W. L. Hatsell and R. H. Hill. The
following Legionnaires have been
named as wardens with authority
to enforce the new law: Al Thom
as, Joe House, H. F. Prytherch and
Fred King; Elmore Davis, C. Z.
Chappell, Elmore Stewart, and
Vance Fulford; W. H. Bailey, Ja
cob Miller, Fulton Stanley, James
Fodrie and John Thaxton. These
wardens are supplemented by lo
cal and county peace officeVs, and
each during an emergency can
deputize additional apersona if
needed.
The first blackout (due to the
fact that most everyone knew of
it in adavance) was declared a
success. Future tests will not be
announced in advance. Circulars
have been distributed throughout
Beaufort relative to the ordinance
and advices to individuals, on this
same circular the following advice
was carried'
Advice To The Individual
When air raid warnings sound
after dark during blackouts, don't
get panicky, but proceed about
your business calmly and quietly
without undue haste. To run or
See BLACKOU Page 8
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
Air Raid Warning
Post Organization
Completed Locally
Beaufort's Air Raid Warning
Observation Post, now under the
management of Hugh Piner, chief
warden, has been completed and is
ready to function, it was announc
ed today. However, the observa
tion posts of the county will not
be manned until instructions are
received from the Interceptor
Command which includes this area.
However Carteret Post when or
ganized must give at least one
daily report between the hours of
8-9 A. M. 12-1 noon or 5-7 even
ing to the central post for test
purposes.
Only two communities '.n Car
teret have fully organized iheir
Observation Post personnel. They
are Beaufort and Pelletier. The
latter community has as its chief,
D. W. Truckner. It is most im
portant that other posts be organ
ized immediately. William H. Bai
lev. post organizer for Carteret
stated that should the post-chiefs
of any community not understand
fully their duties relative to com
pleting organization of posts that
he will furnish same on Sunday
afternoon, if those interested come
to Beaufort. Post Organizer Bai
ley stated that he would be at his
store (Wm. H. Bailey Jeweler)
from 4 until 6 o'clock.
In Beaufort the observation
posts can and will be manned on
15-minutes notice of the Intercep
tor Command. Women will man
See AIR RAID Pagea 8
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR "
Speed Up Work At
Cunningham Field
Due to the new angles of the
National Emergency brought a
bout by the Declaration of War a
few days ago, work is being speed
ed up at Cunningham Field, the U.
S. Marine Air Base at ' Cherry
Point. Employees on this project
were notified this week that "ef
fective immediately all employees
shall be required to work not less
than one full eight-hour day in ex
caejs of the basic five day, 40-hour
week." The new ruling will effect
a number of persons living on the
Carteret Coast who are employed
on the project
Portsmouth, In Carteret County, Has
Smallest School In The United States
PORTSMOUTH, Carteret County community, with a
population of only about 30 persons today, has the small
est school in North Carolina and probably in the nation.
Half of the student body of this school, Myrtle and Doris
Midgette, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Midgette of the commun
ity, are shown in the photo. They stand beside a stuffed albatross
which is a sort of mascot of the school, and about which a story ap
peared in Ocracoke Island Beacon on December 15 along with the
above photo. The insert shows Mrs. Abner Dixon, teacher of this
school. She has two other students, Jesse Lee and Marion Joyce Babb
who are in her "high school" department. The total enrollment is
only four students. Mrs. Dixon has been teacher of Portsmouth
school since 1917 excepting for two or three years. (Photo by Ay
cock Brown; Cut Courtesy Ocracoke Island Beacon).
Churches
ANN ST. METHODIST
The Ann Street Methodist
choir under the direction of James
Wheatly will give a program of
Christmas music at the church at
7:30 Sunday evening. There will
also be carol singing by the con
gregatioan. You will want to en
joy this worship in music.
On Sunday evening ( December
21) at 7:30 o'clock the program of
music will be as follows: Prelude;
Procession, Joy to the World;
Hymn, Hark! the Herald Angles
Sing; Prayer; Solo, The Lord's
Prayer; Hymn, It Came Upon The
Midnight Clear; Voluntary; Bible
Readings; Choir, Star of Bethle
hem; Hymn, 0 Little Town of
Bethlehem; Solo, Ave Maria;
Choiar, O Holy Night; Hymn,
While Shepherds Watched;' Choir,
Silent Night; Benediction, and
Postlude.
TIDE TABLE j
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
solumn. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
$ So meallowances must Sj
T made for variations in the T
a wind and also with respect S
T to the locality, that is whetti X
X er near the inlet or at the J
T head of the estuaries.
X
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dec. 19
8:44 AM 2:22 AM
9:05 PM 3:08 PM
Saturday, Deca. 20
9:36 AM 3:13 AM
9:59 PM 3:57 PM
Sunday, Dec. 21
10:28 AM 4:04 AM
10:52 PM 4:47 PM
Monday, Dec. 22
. - 4:56 AM
11:19 PM 5:38 PM
Tuesday, Dec. 23
11:45 AM 5:54 AM
12:10 PM 6:33 PM
Wednesday, Dec. 24
12:39 AM 6:56 AM
1:00 PM 7:28 PM
Thursday, Dec. 25
1:34 AM 8:00 AM
1:54 PM 8:22 PM
a'
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FIRST BAPTIST
IN BEAUFORT
A Christmas program vviil be
presented on next Sunday, (De
cember 21) morning at 11 o'clock.
This program will be presented in
stead of the regular morning ser
vices at the First Baptist Church.
The program follows:
Prelude: Harry Paul; Proces
sional: Hark the Herald Angles
Sing, Mendelssohn, by the choir;
Doxalogy; Invocation, by the pas
tor; Lo, How a Rose, Michael Prae
torius, by girls' sextette Noel,
Rita Bowers, by choir; offering
and announcements; Solo, by
Florence Smith; I Heard the Voice
of Jesus, Bonae McCormick, by
male quartet; Singing of Him, Ira
B. Wilson, by choir; Responsive
Reading; God So Loved the World,
J. Stainer, by choir and, Benedic
tion and Recessional.
COMMUNITY CHURCH
CORE CREEK
A program of Christmas music
from the Maas Cathedral Chimes
and new Hammond Organ by Mrs.
Graydon M. Paul will be present
ed at Core Creek Community
Church on next Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock, it was announced to
day by Rev. W. Y. Stewart, pas
tor. The Church has extended a
cordial invitation to everyone to
attend the program from the
Chimes and the Christmas service.
If atmospheric conditions are
right the chime program amplified
from the church steeple should be
heard over a wide area.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
St. Paul's Episcopal Church will
observe the 1942 Christmas season
with the Sunday School Christmas
Tree being held on Tuesday night
at 6:00 o'clock and the traditional
Christmas Eve celebration of the
Holy Communion at 11:30 Wed
nesday night.
There will be no services in the
church on Christmas Day so all
members of the church are urged
to attend Christmas Eve and make
their Christmas Communion.
RIMIMBIR PEARL HARBON
Our soldiers and sailors are
standing by us. Help the Red
Cross star.d by them. Give to the
Red Cress War Relief Fumd today.
Beaufort Red Cross Chapter
Sets Up Disaster Committee
TO ENFORCE LAW
ON FIREWORKS
SHOOTING HERE
Mayor Graydon Paul very
emphatically stated this
morning that local police had
been given instructions to ar
rest every person who vio
lates the local law which pro
hibits the shooting of fire
works in the downtown busi
ness area, and persons throw
ing fireworks from automo
biles underway. In the latter case,
the State Highway Patrol is very
apt to come into the picture, and
the offender is very likely to find
himself not only in Mayor's Court
where the minimum fine is $5 but
where the costs go much above this
figure.
"As a matter of fact," said May
or Paul, "the ordinance prohibits
the shooting of fireworks in Beau
fort except in the back yards of
homes." Furthermore, parents are
urged to look at firecracker shooi
ng this year from its moral as-1
pects.' That is, they are urged to
prohibit their children from shoot
ing the explosives even on their
own property due to the general
hysteria that has been brought
about with our entry into the
World War. An appeal to this ef
fect has been made by the Prin
cipals of the schools and by offi
cials of the PTA.
In closing his remarks, Mayor
Paul stated that he planned to
show no leniency towards anyone
shooting fireworks. The minimum
fine will be imposed upon convic
tion on anyone, regardless . of
whether it is the children of the
mayor or the children of the edi
tor, or any one else.
The fine will be increased a
gainst the person convicted of
throwing f irecrackears from mov
ing or parked autos. - The police
have their orders and this story is
a warning to all DON'T SHOOT
FIREWORKS in Beaufort this
year unless you want to be ar
rested for violating the ordinance
which prohibits same.
COVERING THE
WATERFRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN
BEAUFORT'S first War-time
blackout was a success, primarily
because about half the people
knew in advance that it was
scheduled. Then too, the Boy
Scouts had circulized the town
with the new ordinance printed on
hand bills, which helped make the
people blackout conscious. With
one or two exceptions the entire
population co-operated splendidly.
Probably less than five percent of
the people really took the "test
black-out" seriously. People gen
erally have not taken the possibil
ity of an enemy aerial attack on
Beaufort seriously, because they
think that since Japan is 12,000
miles away no planes of that na
tion will ever attempt to bomb the
east coast. The same people think
that the Atlantic O ean is a bar
rier against possible invasion from
our enemies to the eastward.
WE PREDICT 'an air-raid or
some eastern city of the Unitea
States within a short time. 0.
course we may be wrong. Our pre
diction that the United States
would be in War by Septembei
did not come true. Only thing thai
happened was that cur Navy get
shootiiior orders that month. Wat
was not actually declared until I
December 6. We urged the use of
WPA funds for the construction of
air raid shelters back in l93o. We
were laughed at when we predicted
that eventually they would serve
a most useful purpose. Time Mag
azine probably "boondoggled" the
idea out of existence in 1936,
when they gave national publicity
to the proposal under the caption
"Beaufort Boondoggle."
BACK IN September 1939 we
called the coast of North Carolina
an open doorway for enemy inva
sion from the east. We urged the
See WATERFRONT Page i
Dr. F. E. Hyde Will
Serve As Head
Of Group
The Beaufort Red Cross
Chapter during the past
week set up its Disaster Fre
nnrprlnpiis Committees to
take its place with other
agencies ot the Civilian De
fense Program.
Dr. F. E. Hyde, chapter chair
man, will act as head of the Disas
ter Committee and take a place
on the Civilian Defense Council
composed of Chiefs of Air-raid
Wardens, Police, Fire, Air-craft
Spatters and others.
The heads of various sub-committees
are Rescue, Mr. James
Stewart; Medical Aid, Mrs. W. S.
Chad wick; Shelter, Rev. Stanley
Potter; Clothing, Mrs. C. R.
Wheatley; Transportation, W. E.
Adair; Registration, Mrs. Richard
Bloodgood;Information and Pub
licity, Aycock Brown; Finance, E.
C. McConnell and James Davis.
People of Beaufort are urged to
communicate with the sub-commit
tee chairmen and volunteer for
service on these committees.
All persons interested in taking
the Red Cross First Aid Instruc
tors Course, or registering for
nursing duty should call Mrs. W.
S. Chadwick.
For furthur information re
garding the Red Cross activities
call Dr. F. E. Hyde, B-338-1, or
Rev. E. C. McConnell, B-330-1.
RED CROSS WAR
FUND UNDERWAY
Give your Red Cross War
Fund contributions to the
person or persons who called
on you last month for the
Roll Call campaign.
The Colored people of
Beaufort can give their con
tributions to Capt. John Da
vis or Mrs. Carrie Davis who.
have been appointed for this
by the Chapter officers. Read
guest editorial on Page 4,
this issue.
RIMIMBIR PIARL HARBOR ..
More persons have heard owla
than have seen them, because most
owls are active at night.
RIMIMBIR PEARL HARBOR -
Your Red Cross War Relief con
tribution will save lives. Give to
the Red Cross now.
REMKMBKR PEARL HARBOR --
Washington, D. C.
HIDDEN TREASURE
With American industries crying
for war materials, the government
has finally got around to seizing a
giant horde of semi-manufactured
war materials originally intended
for the conquered countries.
Tons upon tons of steel bars, steel
rodj, steel sheets, ship plates, tin
plate, copper wire were ordered by
Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Holland
and Belgium, some of it three years
as;o. It has been in warehouses and
idle freight cars ever since, despite
the scarcity of raw materials and
despite the fact that some indus
tries are even closing for lack of
them.
Why this horie of priceless ma
terial remained unto-.ichel for so
long is a mystery. But the secret
is first, government red tape and
bureaucracy; second, the fact that
owners of those materials, who
were holding them for higher
prices, did not want to sell.
The old Export Control board un
der Gen. R'jssoll Maxwell, who is
now devoting his abilities to the
Near East, did nothing about this
treasure horde. Dut now Henry
Wallace's Economic Defense board
is finally moving in.
A small haul was made earlier
this year in Hoboken, N. J., of alu
minum and other materials, but the
coming seizures are on a far great
er scale. Of one commodity alone,
tin plate, there will be 100,000 cases,
or lS.OOn tf-- t"'-n .frorn, thrge
See MERRY-GO-ROUND P 7