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L VOLUME XXX NO. 19
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURS., MAY 7, 1942.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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Rationing Is
Pait-Time Work
With School Officials
WATCH TOWER IS
rALTODEFENSE
SGT. HOKES SAYS
Bets Nickle He Could
Land Boatload Men
H . Here Unsuspected
i
Sergeant H. H. Hokes of
Camp Glenn told members
of , the Rotary Club at their
weekly meeting Tuesd a y
8 night that the watchtower at
.the community center was
fital to the local defense
needs.
Jn the open forum discussion the
point was brought up, that: since
the armed services have so many
natters and men on duty, is it
necessary to keep a 24-hour watch
Itt the community center watch
tower? f 'Sergeant Hokes said very defi
nitely, 'Yes." His reason was bas
ed; on the fact that enemy para
chutists have been known to jump
put at their height of 300 feet and
suc'i invasion tactics could not
be seen by psotters nearer the hor-
555 iion.
The Camp Glenn Sergeant and
World War veteran said that rince
the enemy, prior to the declara
tion of war, had been hauling
scrap iron from the local port, that
'they know the channel better
than we do." He said he would bet
a nickel that he himself could land
a - boatload of men here without
being suspected. This feat, he ex
plained, could be accomplished by
putting on an Allied flag and
Steering into the harbor.
; Sergeant Hokes also asked the
local Rotarians to back up the "no
Se W. TOWER Page 10
Confederate Flag
M Lands "Jap Spy"
g In Jail For 3 Days
I I The best spy ttory yet to come
f ut of the war is being told around
"town by Bill Parkin who works at
the Bus Station.
ti According to Parkin, a tourist
.'Was recently traveling through St.
Paul with a Confederate Flag on
bis automobile. The local police
arrested him as a Jap spy and put
j the innocent Yankee-hater in jail.
The Mayor was called and he too
I thought that the flag was Japa
nese. The Town Commissioners
" thought likewise.
V I For three days the tourist re
mained in jail until someone prov
ed that the Civil War flag had
nothing to do with the land of the
rising sun.
BLITZKRIEG ON
MOSQUITOES TO
CHECK MALARIA
Program To Oil Fresh
Water Pools Be
gins Here
; The Health Department's
war on malaria bearing mos
quitoes will not help out in
getting rid of the "nuisance
' bugs" unless the U-boat cam
paign operating against the
tankers thoroughly oils the
I; Atlantic ocean.
I i Dr. C. P. Stevick, director of
I the Carteret County Health De
l partment stated Tuesday that the
, new contril campaign will be di-
rected at the fresh water mosquito
who carrys malaria and not the
i salt water insect who does not car
ry malaria but only a larger pair
f of puncturing apparatus.
V ; At the request of the Army
". through the Health Department,
government funds have been made
s available to use for malaria con-
trol. The area affected by this
i control program is the entire east
i em part of North Carolina.
I ; The program consists of oiling
I fresh water pools and conducting
minor drainage. At present, Dr.
j Stevick said, six men are employ
ed under the direction of Alvin
i i Davis of Davis. Their activities
? j See MALARIA Page 10
Supt. Allen Describes
Double Duty Render
ed By Teachers
"The Drincipals and teach
ers of the Carteret County
Schools deserve the under
standing, appreciation, in
dulgence, and cooperation of
patrons and public in con
nection with the situation
produced by the Sugar Ra
tioning Program during the
last week of school," Carter
et County Superintendent
of Schools J. G. Allen said
today.
"Examinations, the grading of
examination papers, the determi
nation of promotions, the filling
out of the monthly, term, and an
nual report cards and promotion
certificates of pupils; the comple
tion of registers, permanent rec
ord cards, and census cards; the
filing of monthly and annual sta
tistical and other reports; the ac
counting for textbook stocks; and
the numerous conferences and
other duties incident to the clos
ing of the schools as well as pre
paration for the closing exercises
of the schools all have required
feverish and intensive activity and
effort on the part of principals
and teachers without any other
added duties," Supt. Allen contin
ued. Unfortunate Date
Superintendent Allen added
that with the schools designated
as the agency for the Sugar Ra
tioning Program this week and
for the Gasoline Rationing Pro
gram next week, the dates for the
Rationing Programs could not
have been fixed, according to
Supt. Allen's opinion, at a time
more unfortunate for the schools.
After a busy morning in the class
room, the teachers report for sug
ar rationing duty at 1:30. "Aft
er remaining there constantly on
duty until 5:30 or 6:30 or even
later," he said, "such attention as
they may be able to give to their
normal school activities will have
to be given by tired bodies and
tired minds and with frayed
nerves, late at night, while part of
See SUGAR Page 10
Canine And Pig
Ordinance Passed
By Commissioners
An ordinance was passed by the
town commissioners at their
monthly meeting last Monday
night stated that "it shall be un
lawful for any dog to be allowed
to run loose on the streets of
Beaufort, unless the said dog has
been listed for taxation for the
current year and taxes paid."
Also, that "it shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, association
or corporation to own or have in
their possession within the cor
porate limits of the Town of Beau
fort any hog or pigs penned or im
pounded in said town."
The fines for violating these
ordinances upon conviction will
be a maximum $10 and it shall be
$5 reward for furnishing informa
tion to the court sufficient to con
vict any for violation.
County Auditor
Joins National
Assessing Ass'n.
J. H. Potter, County Auditor,
Carteret County, has been admit
ted to membership in the Nation
al Association of Assessing Offi
cers, it was announced in Chi
cago. This association has as its pri
mary function the development
and promotion of the highest
standards of assessment adminis
tration. The NAAO was organized
in 1934 and its membership in
cludes more than 700 city, county
and state officials, engaged in
the assessment of property for tax
purposes. The Association spon
sors regional and national con
ferences on assessment methods,
and assists in the development of
training programs for assessors.
It engages in extensive research
for the purpose of discovering the
soundest assessment practices,
maintains a consulting service,
and in general acts as a clearing
house for all kinds of information
related to the assessment function
or property taxes.
"WAR BOND WEEK" GETS UNDER WAY IN CARTERET
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"WANNA BUY A BOND?" Tactics in how to go about helping Uncle Sam were
candidly recorded this week when the photographer caught Carteret County War Bond
Week Chairman I. E. Pittman of Morehead City illustrating bond-selling to Miss Virgin
ia Stanton, War Bond Committee-woman of Beaufort. (Photo by Sam Hood).
.
WAR BOND ZONES
ARE DESIGNATED
Twelve Zone Captains
Named At Town
Hall Meeting
Final plans for the War
Bond campaign were com
pleted Wednesday evening
at the Town Hall meeting
where 12 zones were desig
nated and captains assigned
to each.
Beaufort's War Bond Week
chairman James H. Davis who pre
sided over the meeting issued the
following statement concerning
the zones and captains:
Zone 1 -Broad Street to Front
Street, Orange Street to the west
end of town. Walter S. Morris,
captain; Miss Mary Louise Mason
and Miss Frances Thomas.
Zone 2 Broad to Front Street,
between Orange and Turner.
Christopher Jones, captain; Mrs.
Ernest Davis and Mrs. Raymond
Davis.
Zones 3 and 4 Broad Street to
Front Street, Queen to Turner.
Ralph Eudy, captain; Mrs. D. M.
DeNoyer, Mrs. Hardy Lewis Jr.,
Mrs. G. W. Duncan Sr., and Mrs.
Jack Neal.
Zone 5 Queen Street to Marsh
Street, Ann to Front. Graham
Duncan Jr., captain; Mrs. Graham
Duncan Jr., Mrs. Otis Willis,
Florence Skarren.
Zones 6 and 7 Broad Street to
Front Street, Marsh Street east.
John Ratcliffe, captain; Mrs. Mar
tha Loftin, Miss Viola O'Neal,
Miss Cleo Parkin.
Zone 8 Pine Street to Broad
Street, Turner Street west. Perry
Reavis, captain; Miss Inez Taylor,
Miss Kathaleen Springle.
Zone 9 Pine Street to Broad
Street, Turner to Queen. Jim
Wheatly, captain. Miss Virginia
Stanton.
Zone 10 Cedar Street to Ann
Street, Queen to Marsh. James H.
Potter III, captain. Miss Hilde
garde Anderson.
Highland Park Mrs. Grace
Eure, captain.
Ocean Bridge Park Mrs. Rob
ert Safrit Jr., captain.
Twenty Complete
First Aid Course
The following completed the 20
hour standard first aid course
conducted by James H. Potter III:
Julian E. Arrington, Charles
Davis, Graham W. Duncan Jr..
Ralph Eudy, Leaman Eubanks, J.
Vance Fulford, John M. Hill,
Walter S. Morris, Blythe Noe,
James D. Potter, William H. Pot
ter, John Ratcliffe, Perry Reavis,
Rufus Sewell, Al Thomas, and
James R. Wheatly.
The following air-raid wardens
completed the 10-hour course:
Chief Air Raid Warden Tom
Kelly, Hugh Hill, Roy Barbour,
and C. Z. Chappell.
Free Typhoid Clinic
Dr. C. P. Stevick, head of the
Carteret County Health Depart
ment, announced Thursday that a
free typhoid clinic will be conduct
ed three weeks in a row every
Tuesday. They come on May 12,
19 and 26 at the following places:
Otway at 10 A. M.
Smyrna at 11:30 A. M.
Marshallberg at 1 P. M.
Gloucester at 2:30 P. M.
BUYA
100 Percent Better
Mayor Paul aid that the prac
tice air-raid alarm shortly before
noon today "went off a 100 per
cent better" than the one last Fri
day, a week ago.
Since the News deadline was
gradually creeping up on the edi
tor, no further details could be
gathered for this week's edition.
AROUND
Town
With
MACK CLARK
There's a little game called
"Stick your neck out." In some
circles it abo goes by the title
"You asked for it." The game is
played by two sides. On the one
side the person who is IT. The
opposition is made up of any num
ber of people. The method of
play is this: The one who i3 IT
sticks his neck out by asking some
question. Then the other players
shout "You asked for it," and pro
ceed to chop IT'S head off. You
get the general idea, don't you?
I'M "IT"
We'll start to play now and I'll
ask my question. Why don't the
people of Beaufort and Morehead
grow up and stop acting like school
kids? We don't remember just
when or how it all began, but for
too long there has been a sort of
feud between the two towns. It's
a kind of combined jealousy, re
sentment, envy and ill-will all roll
ed into one. It runs through most
of the things that touch our daily
lives business, politics, industry,
housing and pleasure. And those
on one side of the river are as bad
as those on the other side.
NEW THINGS
A few weeks ago it was an
nounced there was to be 5 nvr in
See AROUND TOWN P 10
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i
I TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
olumn. The fiaures are ap
proximately correct and are 4
based on tables furnished by t
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
i So meallowances must Sj
v made for variations in the
i wind and also with respec
t to the locality, that is whetL
X er near the inlet or at the
Y head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Friday, May 8
3:34 AM. 9:59 AM.
4:11 PM. 10:30 PM.
Saturday, May 9
4:14 AM. 10:55 AM.
5:17 AM. U:31 PM.
Sunday, May 10
5:46 AM. 11:48 AM.
6:11 PM.
Monday, May 11
G:37 AM. 12:27 AM.
6:58 PM. 12:37 PM.
Tuesday, May 12
7:23
7:41
AM. 1:17 AM.
PM. 1:21 PM.
Wednesday, May 13
8:04 AM. 2:02 AM.
8:21 PM. 2:02 PM.
Thursday, May 14
B -43 AM. 2:41 AM.
,:56 PM. 2:40 PM
SHARE.IN
FISH MYTH IS
EXPLODED BY
PRYTHERCH
"Bonito" Is Good To
Eat - That
If
is,
Your Catch "Sar
da Sarda"
If the thirty-odd boatloads
of sportsmen who were out
trolling for "Bonito" last
weekend threw away their
catch, then many a palate
was cheated out ot a rare
delicacy.
This is the opinion of Dr. H. F.
Prytherch, director of the Fishery
Biological Laboratory, who said
Wednesday that the general -pub
lic has been prejudiced by the mis
information concerning the game
fish "Bonito" which is being mis
taken for another fish called "Bo
nito."
"The real name for the edible
Bonito is "Sarda Sarda," said Dr,
Prytherch citing its scientific
monika from the authoritative
book "The Fishes of North Caro
lina" by Hugh M. Smith.
"Large schools of Sarda Sarda
anneared here during the first
World War," Dr. Prytherch con
tinued, "and were not seen again
until the present conflict was well
under way." He stated that this
Bonito is a sort of world traveler
or fish-refugee, scientifically call
ed a "pelagic fish." It is very ac
tive and comes into shore for food.
Last weekend it looked as if every
fish egg in the Atlantic ocean had
hatched; Bonitos were so thick
that they almost jumped up into
the boat.
"The real Bonito, or Sarda Sar
da," said Dr. Prytherch, "is con
fused with another more common
similar fish locally incorrectly
called 'Bonito' which is really the
'Little Tunny,' also sometimes
called 'Bolter'." The reason, he
said, that people in general will
not eat the real Bonito is that they
have confused it with this "Little
Tunny" which has such bloody red
See FISH MYTH Page 10
Rubber Collection
Scoutmaster Charles Hassell
said Thursday that the local Boy
Scouts will collect old rubber dur
ing their Saturday morning col
lections.
Any persons having any old
garden hose, hot water bottles, un-
useable tires or any other discard
ed rubber articles are requested to
place them on the front porch
where the Scouts can see them.
No old paper will be collected
until further notice.
Cherry Point Gets
$964,889 Project
The Federal Public Housing
Authority approved this week at
270 unit housing project for
Cherry Point. The cost is $964,
889. H. L. Coble of Greensboro is
the contractor for the general
construction including plumbing,
electrical work and site improve
ments. The project will be com
pleted in 90 days.
IT'S HERt?
Gasoline Rationing
Cards To Be Issued
DR. RANKIN TO
MAKE ADDRESS
TO GRADUATES
Sermon To 49 Seniors
Sunday Morning By
Rev. E. C. McConnell
Beaufort High School's
49 seniors are getting busy
for next week's activities
that conclude the 1941-42
school year.
Principal ihos. Lr. L.eary
stated this week that Dr.
Robert S. Rankin of the
Duke University Department
of Economics, has been slat
ed to make the graduation
address next Monday even
ing. The exercises wil begin
at 8 o'clock in the high
school auditorium.
The Sunday services will begin
at 11:15 A. M. in the high school
auditorium when The Reverend E.
C. McConnell wil deliver the bac
calaureate sermon.
Fridav evenina is senior uiaba
Night, and the high school audi
torium wil be the scene of the class
play with the setting "on the deck
of a boat."
The program for the graduation
exercises Monday evening are as
follows:
Prelude: "The Victor March
K. L. King High School Band.
Overture: "Teamwork' bwd.
Russell.
Processional: "Loyalty" K. L.
Kine High School Band.
Invocation Reverend W. I.
Stewart, Pastor Core Creek Com
See DR. RANKIN Page 10
Rationing Board
Issues New Tires
The following is a list of new
truck tires issued by the Local
Tire Rationing Board since April
29:
Berkley Piner, wholesale, long
distance hauling, Beaufort.
Mrs. M. S. Snowden, farming,
Beaufort.
G. W. Huntley, wholesale fuel
oil, Beaufort.
Lumber and Building Supply
C., for defense, Beaufort
Mrs. J. S. Fulcher, farming,
Beaufort.
Scarboro-Safrit Lumber Co., for
defense, Beaufort.
Eure Brothers, N. F. & H. M.
Eure, defense work, Beaufort.
Obsolete Tires
Joseph A. Montpelier, defense
worker, Newport.
J. W. Adams, mail carrier, Mer
rimon. Gasoline Registration
Applicants for gasoline
cards will have to apply on
12, 13, and 14.
ration
May
Citizens are requested to inquire
with their local school principals
for the hours.
Legion Hut Voted
$200 Appropriation
By Commissioners
The Carteret County commis
sioners who met Monday morning
approved the request from Ths ;
Beaufort Post No. 99 for $200 to ;
help defray the expense of reno-j
vi'.tir.e the American Legion Hut.
Morehead City's USO was ap
propviaed $300.
The request was made last
month hy J. Raymond Bill who
appealed to the board for ambi
ance to the Legion in their $800
venture to renovate the Hut "so
that service men will have a piace
to go" in Beaufort.
The spokesman on Monday was
Durwood B. Willis of Morehead
City, chairman of the Carteret
County Defense Recreation Com
mittee. Last month the commissioners,
Chairman Dr. K. P. B. Bonner
stated that the funds for the pres
ent fiscal year had already been
allotted. In Monday's meeting he
told Chairman Willis that the total
$500 would be made "if and when
funds are available."
Registration To Begin
May 12 At Local
Schools
Gasoline ration cards and
application forms are being
printed -and will be dis
tributed to school registra
tion sites throughout North
Carolina betore May 12.
when registration begins, ac
cording to Theodore S. John
son, State Rationing Admin
istrator. It is expected that approximate
10,000,000 automobile owners in
North Carolina and 16 other east
ern states will apply for ration
cards..
FIVF TYPES
Five different ration cards
have been prepared, and owners
of motor vehicles and inboard met
orboats will receiwe at registra
tion time the type of card for
which they qualify. The cards are
designated "A", "B-l", "B-2",
"B-3" and "X" cards. They are
intended to last users until July 1.
No application form will have to
be filed in to obtain the "A", or
basoc allotment, card. Across the
bottom are seven squares, each
good for one "unit" of gasoline.
The gallonage value of each 'unit'
will be announced before May 15.
The holder of an "A" card may
use up his units as fast as he likes,
but he will not be eligible for an
other after this is gone.
The "B" cards resemble the "A"
cards except for the number of
unit squares. The "B-l" card has
11 units; the "B-2" card has 15
units; and the "B-3" card has 19
units. The value of those units may
differ from that of the 'A" unit.
In applying for a "B" card a
consumer must present the regis
tration card of the vehicle for
which gasoline is needed and
See GAS RATIONING P 10
"Private" Not An
Elegant Way Of
Spelling "Privy
One of the county official's face
was red this week when his work
was interrupted by the entrance
of a woman half-indisposed:
According to authoritative in
formation, the story happened
this way:
A lady who had become nausiat
ed after having had a hypodemic,
began frantically searching for
the rest room. She looked every
where until she saw the word "Pri
vate" on a door. She opened the
door thinking that the sign was a
modern version of spelling privy.
With her bare legs showing, she
astonished the county official who
informed her that she was not in
the toilet.
HOFFMAN TRACT
TAKEN OVER BY
THE GOVERNMENT
Proceedings Begin On
835 Acres Near
Atlantic Beach
Thy Federal Government is tak
ing possession of the 835 acros of
Carteret County land on B ijfue
Banks, to be used for coastal de
fense purposes. The hind is known
at the "Hoffman Tract."
Mrs. Alice Hoffman of New
York was formerly the ovne of
the property, and has been resid
ing there since last summer. A
few years ago she transferred the
property to a corporation of rela
tives, including Theodore Roose
velt III, Quentin Roosevelt, Cor
nelius V. Roosevelt, Grace Roose
velt McMillan and John M. Mat
thias. She is the aunt of Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Condemnation proceedings iiave
ben instituted in the Federal
Court for the property. The pa
pers set forth that in the opinion
of the Secretary of War it is neces
sary and advantageous for the
government to acquire this prop
erty for a term ending June 30,
1943, for military purposes and
national defense. The money is
said to have already been ap
propriated and to have been made
available. The amount of the rent
al money is not mentioned in the
papers.