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The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central
VOL. XXIX NO. 52
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 25, 1941.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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For the Duration Government Adopts New
WEATHER WARNINGS
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tion interests generally, was the announcement this week
by the Navy Department that for the duration of War there
would be a drastic change in giving out weather reports
and also the display of signals at the local and other weath
ef towers on the coast. Capt. Norman Etheridge, officer in
charge of Beaufort Station, U.S. Navy's Coast Guard unit
transmitted the announcement to The Beaufort News.
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;MISS EVELYN HORNE, pictur
d above, i Carteret County t
new home agent. She was employ
ed by the Carteret Board of Com
missioners on Monday. December
X, and succeeded Mist Margaret
Clark who held the post, doing a
splendid job for a number of
year. Mist Clark accepted a po
sition at home agent of Sampson
County.
vjj Miss Home hat already proven
herself a worthy tuccettor to Miss
lark. She is a graduate of Worn-
n s College, u. w. C, in ureens-
oro, and a native of New Han-
ver County where the wat an out-
ding member of the 4-H Clubt
f that county. Before coming to
aufort and Carteret County she
4as employed with the Home
Agent's department of Cumber
Jand County at Fayetteville.
Reported that
old civil war
i BOMB EXPLODED
.4 It was reported here this week
that when a fire was built at a
nearby military encampment in
the vicinity of an old Civil War
base, that a bomb-shell, probably
ffcund during the past summer by
WPA workers; exploded. Details
of the incident which reached The
Beaufort News through a member
of the U.S. Naval service could not
learned as we go to press.
I'vrtrait of a Hero:
": One of the unsolved mysteries of
history is how Custer hurdled the
srriiHtary promotion system and over
sight rose from a mere lieutenant
t a general ... All anyone know3
ill that he returned to headquarters
&ne day after being out on a mis
&i&n, and chums greeted him as
"General" . . . Custer thought they
"wire kidding, because he always
boasted that he'd be a general be
fore the war was over, and he was
All set to start punching. One of
hit friends grabbed him by the arm
and took him to his tent where he
found an envelope containing his
commission addressed to "Briga
dier General George Armstrong
Caster" . . . Custer, who was only
21 years old, turned pale and passed
oijt cold.
t Buy Defense Bonds
' Custer is the man who turned the
ti4e of the Civil war by saving the
Union army from defeat at Gettys-bsp'g-
At the time of the Battle of
Gttysburg he was . about .15 milej
af'ay. His brigade had been or
5f red (along with the rest of the
cavalry) to wait at Big Roundtop,
here Jeb Stuart and his Confed
erates were expected to attack . . .
Stuart fooled the Yankees by at-
if eking from the opposite direction
iistead . . . Hearing Stuart's gun
fire, Custer disobeyed the orders he
ld received, headed straight to
rd the sound of the guns and,
arging four times, stopped the
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coastal residents ana naviga
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ests are urged to look for their
weather now on display at the lo-
cal weather tower instead of hear
ino- it broadcast in detail over the
radio cr sent in to the local dis-
playman for posting in Postoffice
lobby.
Display of a Red Pennant on the
display tower wil lremain as small
craft warnings. However no de
tails will be given as to the extent
of the warning or the center of
disturbances.
A new signal, two red pennants,
will mean that there is severe
weather expected, but no direction
of storm movement will be releas
ed. Hurricane signals will still be
two square red flfags with square
black centers, but when displayed,
no direction of the hurricane will
be given out to public. There will
be no lights displayed on the
weather tower at any time, instead
the flags or pennants will be dis
played both day and night until
the disturbance is past.
Persons hoping to get inside in
formation on storm movements by
calling Beaufort Station of Coast
Guard or through any other source
will be refused same. The Navy
Department forbids the release of
this information until after the
duration of war.
Mariners and navigators here
should readily understand the
reason such restrictions are being
made. Information as to weather
conditions which are released to
fishing boats and mariners here,
would be picked up and used to an
advantage by enemy air and sea
craft.
RED CROSS
People Cooperating
In Drive For
War Fund
The first report on the Red
Cross Emergency War Fund wat
made today by the chairman, Rev.
E. C. McConnell. The total re
ceived to date it $269.00 which in
cludet a gift of $100.00 from the
Scarboro-Safrit Lumber Co., of
Beaufort.
Due to the nearnett of the holi
day teaton only a few workert
have been able to make much
progress with the campaign. The
chairman feels, however, that all
workert on the committee will be
gin immediately after Christmas
and that the citizens of the Beau
fort Chapter area will retpond gen
erously to the Emergency War
Fund.
St. Paul's Church
Midnight Service
On Christmas Eve
The Rector and congregation of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church extend
their annual invitation to the peo
ple of Beaufort and Carteret
County to attend the Christmas
Eve celebration of the Holy Com
munion. The service will begin at 11:30
p. m. and will include many of the
Christmas hymns and carols. The
"midnight service," as this tradi
tional hour of worship has come to
be known, seems a most approp
riate time for all men to gather in
God's House and hear again of the
things that begin to God and the
birth of God's Son. Through the
days md perhaps years of warfare
ahead of the American people it
will be good to look back at this
Christmas and remember its uni
versal message "Peace on Earth
can be only as Men are of Good
Will."
Forty-Seven Car
Train Arrives In
Morehead City
The longest freight train ever
seen nn the coast came in over the
A. & E. C. Railroad last Friday. It
carried 47 freight and tank cars.
From six to a dozen cars consti
tute the usual train.
The wreck between Croatan and
Havelock was responsible for the
long freight Cars piled up at one
point for nearly two days and fi
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Beaufort Station
Aids Scow Towing
... Tug In Distress
The tug Belford sprang a leak
and snk in upper Newport River
last Thursday night when rammed
by one of two scows it had in tow
bound from Norfolk to New Or
leans. Distress signals from the
craft were sighted by the lookout
on duty in the Navy's Beaufort
Station of Coast Guard, a crew
under the command of Capt. Nor
man Etheridge, proceeded to the
scene r.nd removed the crew of
five.
The two barges of steel were
light. The tug's hailing port was
New Orleans. It is understood
that the same salvage crew which
recently floated the Wallace M.
Quinn, a menhaden vessel which
was beached in Lookout Bight af
ter springing aleak off shore, sal
vaged the tug Belford. This was
only one of several assistance to
vessels made by the crew of Beau
fort Station recently. About two
weeks ago, crews from Fort Ma
con and Cape Lookout units of this
Station aided in rescuing the crews
of two out of three barges in tow
by a seagoing tug about 25 miles
northeast of Cape Lookout in the
ocean.
Son Of Carteret
Native Dissapeared
After Raid Signals
When the air raid signals sound
ed in Brooklyn, N. Y., a few days
ago, 10-year-old Albert C. Mason
Jr. marched out of P. S. 102 in
Brooklyn, visited a friend of his
family and announced he was go
ing home. He did not get there,
nor did he return to school. Mr.
Mason, his father, is a native of
Beaufort. His grandfather is Alan
Mason, retired Coastguardstnan,
here.
New York papers reporting the
disappearance, said he was the son
of Albert C. Mason, a marine en
gineer living at 49 Mackay Place,
Brooklyn, he lived until three
months ago with his grandparents
in Apalachicola, Fla., and police
were watching the roads, believing
he might be headed that direction.
The boy is 4 feet 7 inches tall,
weighing 74 pounds. He had an
identif '.cation tag around his neck.
His hair is dark and his eyes
brown. He wore a navy blue cloth
zipper jacket, gray corduroy
pants, a knitted navy blue cap that
buttoned under the chin, checker
ed stockings and black, low quar
ter shoes. Relative in Beaufort
have hopes that be may show up
here.
(EJjristmas
Little cottages with coal stoves and
roasting spits at the hearth have
given way to handsome homes,
electrically equipped, functionally
furnished. Housewives once drudg
ing from dawn to night, have leis
ure, have careers, aid in defense.
These are modern times in which
we play an active part. But now
when the holly hangs bright green
and red we revert to an old fash
ioned sentiment and say, "A very
merry Christmas one and all!"
The Beaufort News
AND ITS PERSONNEL
William Hatsell Elva Hatsell
Aycock Brown Earl Mades
Jack Williams Mathias Skarren
COVERING THE
WAJERFRONT.
By AYCOCK BROWN
OF COURSE this is unofficial,
but our opinion is that the troops
of Coast Artillerymen now en
camped at Fort Macon and vicin
ity are not there on a holiday out
ing. Do not be surprised if re
strictions are soon enforced pro
hibiting civilian visits to the his
toric Fort. Troops stationed there
are just a beginning. We predict
ed that eventually the Outer
Banks would be the scene of
much military activity. It had to
come. The bases near the coast,
but inland, cannot give the proper
reception to enemv planes flying
in through the "open doorway for
enemy invasioin from the East"
our Carolina coast.
THEREFORE do not be sur
prised if anti-aircraft forces of
the Coast Artillery are soon sta
tioined a few miles apart along the
entire Outer Banks. They will
have what it takes to give an ene
my plane the proper kind of re
ception, including air craft guns,
See WATERFRONT P 7
RECORD MAILS
An average of 10,000 letters
daily, a new record, have left the
postoffice during the past several
days, it was stated today by W. H.
Taylor, postmaster. Highest day
was Monday when 10,717 letters
were cancelled by the automatic
machine and approximately 1,500
by hand. Approximately 50,000
cent and half stamps have been
sold during the Christmas rush at
the local postoffice it was stated.
FOR CHRISTMAS GIVE
THE BEAUFORT NEWS
A Poem Without A Title
Bursting bombs and shrieks of pain,
Speed and glitter and cellophane
Cover the earth can angels sing
Above such din will the old refrain
Of "Peace, Good Will", sound clear again?
O, yes! no uproar made by men
Can silence the song from Bethlehem-
Softly, and pure as a mother's tears
It falls on our hearts through all the years.
Together we sing the old refrain,
With peace in our hearts we kneel to Him,
And we burna candle for each good friend
We've met on our way to Bethlehem.
Vernie Goodman In The Uplift.
Ail Raid
"i SpdtteHT
Air Raid Observation posts in
Carteret were ordered manned be
ginning on Tuesday afternoon at
5 o'clock and continuing through
out the night and until 7 A. M. the
following morning. The night
schedule will be effective until
further notice.
Hugh Finer, chief warden of the
Carteret County Seat Observation
Post at Community Center stated
Wednesday morning that the night
schedules would be operated by
men only. When orders come for
day observations, women will do
the job. Chief Piner stated that
of 98 men on his list, all had vol
unteered willingly to stand jJieic
watches. Further information may
be obtained from Chief Piner.
URGE SAVING
WASTE PAPER
FOR DEFENSE
Government officials have re
quested Mayor Graydon M. Paul
here to urge citizens to save their
waste paper and card board which
accumulates this Christmas-time
and at all times in the future. Pa
per and cardboard is needed badly
for national defense purposes.
Boy Scouts of Troop 51 will sal
vage the waste paper and card
board, wrapping it in bundles to
be collected by the Town's Trash
Trucks. It will be stored locally
until government officials are
ready to send here for it. The sav
ing of wastepaper and cardboard
is just another way of helping the
United States of America in this
emergency and all citizens are urg
ed to cooperate.
mm$ OF MILITARY SERVICE
BEING ENTERTAINED THIS
CHRISTMAS IN CARTERET HOMES
First Casualty
Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Mc
Cabe, prominent residents of
Wildwood section of Carter
et were advised by the Navy
Department on Tuesday that
their son Edwin Bonner Mc
Cabe, Water Tender 1st
Class, U.S. Navy, attached to
U.S.S. Oklahoma, has not
been located since the Pearl
Harbor combat on Sunday,
December 7. The McCabes
have many, many friends
who share their sadness at
this Christmas-time. This
young man, born October
29, 1914, who chose service
in his Country's military
service as a career, and was
making good, graduated from
Newport High School in
1933. He enlisted in the
Navy in October of that
year. He is the first native
of Carteret County reported
missing in the present War.
. . . W. Z. McCabe is a mem
ber of the Carteret Board of
Commissioiners.
TRAFFIC OVER
INLET DECREASES
Compared with November 1940,
a decrease of 200 cars is reported
as having crossed the Oregon In
let ferry during November, 1941.
The decrease may be ascribed to
several causes. The work camps
of the National Park Service lo
cated at Ocracoke, Frisco and
Rodanthe have been discontinued,
as well as the CCC camp at Cape
Hatteras. There is a comparative
decline in Coast Guard activities
and warm' weather kept away
many sportsmen. A great many
citizens are also working in de
fense centers.
However there is a continual
passing of young men coming
home on leave from various jobs
in the north. Many of them are
employed on dredge boat jobs in
Pennsylvania and Delaware. Most
any day one may see some of
these boys passing on the ferry.
Dare County Times.
Tax Listers In
Carteret Begins
During January
Tax listing in the various town
ships of Carteret County will take
place during the month of Jan
uary, according to plans announc
ed by the Board of Commission
ers. The list takers were appoint
ed in tarly December.
Every person who has any kind
of property, whether cars, boats,
houses or land is required to file a
return with the list taker setting
forth the amount and value of his
property. Unless this is done, an
extra fine is added to the taxes.
The law authorizes an increase of
as much as 1 per cent.
Due to the fact that so many
peopk' are away on defense proj
ects, every effort will be made to
cooperate with the taxpayers, it
has l;een stated, and those who
send a qualified agent to list for
them will be permitted to list. But
it ' necessary that all articles, be
given in, otherwise a penalty will
be exacted.
Dr. Luther Fulcher
Hurt In Car Wreck
Dr. Luther Fulcher was se
riously injured Sunday night in an
automobile accident near Harlow.
He was rushed to James Walker
Memorial nospital at Wilmington
by ambulance. Dr. W. S. Chad
wiek accompanied him there.
Reports are that he suffered a
broken leg and crushed hip, sev
eral broker, ribs and chest injur
ies. His car was damaged to al
most beyond repair. 0
Dr. Fulcher was returning home
from a professional call and was
driving alone. It is not known just
how long he had been hurt when
found.
Reports today are that he is do
ing very nicely.
BUY U. S. DEFENSE
BONDS AND STAMPS
Almost 100 Soldiers
Or Marines Here
As Guests
SING
CAROLS ON
CHRISTMAS
EVE
Many members of the mil
itary forces of the United
States are being entertained
in Beaufort and Carteret
County on this Christmas
Day as a result of efforts on
the part of United Service
Organization. In Beaufort
alone, approximately 60 sol
diers or marines were being en
tertained overnight or at Christ
mas dinners today (Thursday) and
a group of 30 are being entertain
ed at a Christmas Dinner at Core
Creek Community Church.
Under the direction of Graydon
M. Paul, vice-chairman of the U.
S. O. entertainment and hospital
ity committee in Carteret, a large
group of soldiers and marines,
along with civilians, were schedul
ed on Wednesday night (Christmas
Eve) to meet first at Core Creek
Church for mass singing of Christ
mas Carols and a program of mu
sic from the Maas Cathedral
Chimes and Hammond Organ, and
later the same group will visit
nearby military encampments,
singing carols. In the course of
the carol singings the group was
also expected to sing carols for
the aged and persons who are ill
as has been an age-old custom in
the town of Beaufort.
Following the Christmas Carol
singing, special services for the
carolers and the public will be con
ducted at Ann Street Methodist
Church by the pastor, the Rev.
Stanley Potter.
USO-officials have announced
that the new USO building in
Morehead City would be opened at
noon on Wednesday and again on
Christmas Day. Members of the
military service may avail them
selves of the facilities of the build
ing with its opening.
Credit for the completion of
plans to entertain members of the
militart service during the holidays
goes to a number of local citizens.
Mrs. R. K. Davis is chairman of
the committee of workers who
have been assisting the USO in en
tertainment plans.
On Saturday night in Commun
ity Center, 100 men of the military
service will be entertained at a
dance at Community Center.
TO OBSERVE CHRISTMAS
The Beaufort News mechanical
department will close at noon to
day (Wednesday) and remain
closed until Monday morning in
order to give its employes a few
days in which to celebrate. The
business office will open Friday
morning as usual.
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CHANGED CITT
Washington has changed over
night. Washington was a boom
town one week; next week it was a
war town. The change is partly a
matter of visible things, partly
things that are felt without being
seen . . . Khaki-clad soldiers, with
tin hats and bayonets, patroling two
abreast between the White House
and the state department . . . Dark
ness over the Capitol dome, where
searchlights are blacked out, for the
duration . A jam of volunteers
for Civilian Defense . . New flag
delivered at Civilian Defense head
quarters, two for LaGuardia's car,
two for Mrs. Roosevelt's car, six for
the motorcycles . . . The residence
of German correspondent Kurt Sell
is raided at night and Sell is taken,
into custody by FEI.
Though the department of conv
merce denls with such innocuous
subjects as census figures, its great
steel doors are locked, and guards
demand credentials at the main en
trance . . . Women fliers of Ameri
ca call a hurried meeting to speed
up plans for training ... An extra
detail of police strolls on the south
grounds of the White House, last
trampled by egg - rolling Easter
crowds.
In his press conference, the Presi
dent's voice is so grave and low that
a newsman calls out, "Louder,
please" . . . Four plainclothesmen,
in two cars, sit parked all day on
Waterside drive, where the bank
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