North Carolina Newspapers

M2. TH1P" BEAUFORT NEWS s 300 take MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOD DAY i 1 For Victory, it JLM U.S. DEFENSE II 11 M fl Jk AM Tze Mos Wcey jRearf Newspaper Along The Central Caroling, ast v- VOL. XXX NO. 40. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 1942. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. s rs . OPS ROPS ierful ITIPS. 5 I CHIEF KELLY SAYS BLACKOUT WAS 100 PERCENT I Thanks People j Of Beaufort For I Cooperation I At 9:17 last night the si en sounded for the State wide Blackout, and for the jarst time in history more than three and a half million :fsorth Carolinians had their homes in absolute darkness for forty-five rrunutes.Every- nhine was very quiet, even the wind dropped so that the siren -wa3 heard plainly all over town. , .Beaufort lights went oil instantly. Before the writer could raise a shade and lookout everything was J'in as absolute darkness as if she Jwere alone in the world, 'lhere "was not even a sound until one Aog barked twice as if to give as surance that there was life about. 1 Chief Warden T. E. Kelly in terviewed this morning reported perfect cooperation. He expressed , satisfaction at. the fine spirit shown and wished to thank the people of the town for their atti tude. He says all wardens were on w the job. He and Mayor Paul went through the town, front and back, i and could not find a light any 1 hvhere which, as he says, is nothing ' iless than 100 percent. Individual ! hvardens interviewed report the ViSame thing. The only violations J'i!any have reported was that of two i,'rper3ons innocently emerging from ' :a picture show unaware that the blackout was on, and all they needed was a suggestion to fall in with things. Fifth Newton Boy In The Service Four sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Newton of Vandevere and Cape Lookout Lighthouse Station were ipicmrea in tins paper on may nn Two, Joseph and Vernon, U.S.N., fwere on the same ship in the Pa 'cific; Charles was at the Newport, R. I. Naval Training School; and Walter was with the Army at Fort .Knox. On September 1 a fifth ' son, Theodore, entered the Army and is now in camp in Floriaa. . Mr. and Mrs. Newton have three '"more sons They are 18, 28, and ttttttttt ',30 years of age, so he may have 'the distinction of eight sons in the i service of his country. If so, it will be an honor which we doubt will be equalled in the State. 'J Sadie, one of the three Newton -daughters, works in Rose's 5 and 10 Cent Store here and lives with .Mrs. Carrie Skarren. Jackpot Upped $20 I John Day of Morehead City miss ed his $90 at the Beaufort Thea jttre last night by not being around iwhen his name was called. His ab sence, however, is responsible for , the fact that the pot will reach 'the interesting figure of $1 10. next week. I The two billion Dounds of 4 I grease and fats wanted annually in the U. S. would make glycerine ifor about 613,800 tons of dyna mite to grease skids for the Axis. I : AROUND Town With MACK CLARK t We noticed, with quite a degree of humiliation, that one of the State papers today carried two ; items about the success of the . SCRAP DRIVE in our neighbor i: jng city across the Newport river ff One of the auto-dealers of ? Morehead City has won for his 5,ompany state-wide recognition and an award for having provided ' the steel furnaces of the nation with 90 tons of scrap iron and I eteel. One of the school teachers of .the school over there, and also J several of the pupils have likewise jjjdone superb jobs of planning and ' collecting heaps of scrap. We com ,.nend the patriotism of all these. I WHY SCRAP? jf Our knowledge of steel making slight and consists of having pent a day in a steel mill. But ive watched the process from the time the materials were placed in 5the huge furnaces until the molten 'teel was poured, hardened, heat- See AROUND TOWN P 8 Looking Backward From BEAUFORT NEWS 1922 The Mcintosh is p ikin, her last voyage as a freight boat this week. Upon her return to Beau fort she will be turned over to Mr. G. W. Levering for use in men haden fishing. Mr. Levering '.eas ed the Mcintosh last year and un der the command of Capt. Ned ' Lewis had a very successful sea son. Capt. Chauncey Willis who with Mr. Leon 'Deane has been running the Mcintosh ha3 gotten the Mocking Bird, of 125 tons, and will continue hauling freight. The latest addition to the fac ulty of the Beaufort Public Schools is J. R. Raper. of Linwood, N. C, who arrived here Sunday. Mr. Raper will teach mathematics and science. Personal Miss Eleanor Taylor of New Bern who has been visiting her sis ter. Mrs. Eugene Carrow, left Tuesday returning home. Mrs. Sissie Davis and daughter. Miss Lucy, and son, Charles, of Kinston who have been here the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Da vis, left Sautrday returning home. Opportunities For H. S. Girls and Boys, White And Colored Young people, 17 Vi to 24 (in elusive) interested in securing NYA defense training free, includ ing all expenses, should write Mrs. M. M. Gaylord, NYA Interviewer, Box 103, Greenville, for further information regarding courses in radio, aircraft, woodwork, weld ing, machinery, forging, or pat tern making. After training those completing courses are guaranteed private employment at a good rate of salary. During training they are given maintenance, all ex penses, and $10.80 a month for spending money. There are training centers for both white and colored. Colored girls must have high school educa tion but there are openingi for white boys and girls and colored boys that do not require a high school diploma. The NYA centers for these young people are located as fol lows: Greenville and Scotland Neck for white girls; Durham and Wilmington for white boys; Fay ette ville for colored girls; and Elizabeth City and Rocky Mount for colored boys. 'Uncle Joe Carraway Laid To Rest Tuesday Funeral services were held Tuesday morning for Rev. Joseph Mason Carraway of Merrimon, better known in Carteret County as "Uncle Joe", who died Sunday afternoon at 4:30 at his home. Rev. E. H. Davis of Louisburg, an old friend of Mr. Carraway, conducted the services, assisted by his pastor, Rev. Jerome Hunney cutt, and he was laid away in the old family burying ground at his home. Mr. Carraway was the son of .Ir. and Mrs. Peter Carraway who built the house in which he was born and died. While he was still a young man he was ordained a minister in the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church when Conference met in Newport. He has served churches at Mt. Olive, Goldsboro, LaGrange and in almost every community in the county east and north of Beaufort. During the last World War, even though he had retired to his home at Merrimon, he took up active work again at Kinston when the pastor there was called into the Service. For two weeks past loved ones have known that the end was near. With him were three daughters. Mrs. Ben M. Rogers of Graham, and Mrs. Jess W. Adams and Miss Nita Carraway who made their home with him. His grandsons, William Mclntyre, of Rocky Mount, and Joe Mclntyre and his wife of Wilmington, and his grand-daughter, Mrs. Jack Neal of Beaufort, were also with him. Those cominz from a distance for the funeral were Ernest Mar tin of Norfolk, B. M. Rogers of Graham, William Compton of Graham, and Donald Mclntyre of Kocky Mount. In addition scores of relatives and friends from this section drove out for the services. "Uncle Joe's" was the rare achievement of a life of nearly a century throughout which he held the love and respect of every one who knew him. SCRAP METAL CONTEST STARTS TODAY Iff N. C. New Chairman Election Board F. R. SEELEY, pictured above ha been appointed Chairman of the Carteret County Board of Elee tion. Bayard Taylor who ha held thi office inec the death of D. W. Morton, tent in hi retigna tion lat week. The other mem bers of the Board are T. C. Wade of Morehead City and George Brook of Beaufort. An Opportunity For Hi School Grads There is a wonderful opportun lty tor young men and women, aged 18 years and up, who have graduated from a standard high school, to apply for the position of Junior Procurement Inspector (Trainee), $1440 per annum for duty as employees of the Army Air Forces. Persons who ppply and who pas3 a general and me chanical aptitude test will be plac ed in training for a period of ap proximately nine weeks. Upon successful completion of the train ing course, trainees will be eligible for assignment to Assistant Pro curement Inspectors at $1620 per annum, and higher grades. Persons interested are urged to file Civil Service Form 4000 ABC with the Regional Director, 2nd U. S. Civil Service Region, Federal Building, Christopher Street, New York City. TRANSFERS of Real Estate NEWPORT TOWNSHIP Bessie L. Watson et ux to Leslie C. Clancy, consideration $400.00 2 acres. John Cannon et ux to William H Cannon con $1.00, 8 acres. Benjamin Ward et ux Lemuel Montford, con $35.00 1 acre. Benjamin Ward et ux W. H. Montford, con $65.00 3 acres. Benjamin Ward et ux C. W. Ward, con $100.00 43 acres. Mary M. Harrelson et ux-Lexie 13 acres. Garner, consideration $1, COO. 00 MOREHEAD TOWNSHIP R. T. Alien et al to Abbott Mor ris et ux, con $10.00 pt lot 6-7 sq 9 Grace W. Hinton com. to W. E. Wade et ux, con $1,500 lot 9 blk 72. Mildred C. Sanders to Robert N Hunter et ux, con $10.00 lot 1 blk 47. The Federal Corporation to A. II. Joyner et ux, consideration $10 lt 1 blk 2 "Sunset Shores'.. Joe Lipman et ux to Walter Whitley, con $900.00 lot 7 blk 98. S. A. Chalk et ux to Marvin L. Hughe.s et ux, con. $900.00 lot 12 blk 76. BEAUFORT TOWNSHIP . . George W. Huntley Jr. to Min nie D. Huntley, consideration $10. 00 2 tracts. Rufus V. Lawrence et ux to Connie Gillikin, con $400.00 1 tract Otway. T. M. Thomas Jr., Tr. to David Edw. Robinson, con $50.00 pt lot New Town. Attention Legionnaires f VY r j ! Mwrimmriiiwininiwiii nniwim n iiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiimniiiiini. .. The regular monthly meeting of Careteret Pott No. 99 will be held in the Hut, Friday night, October, 2, at 7:45 o"clock. All member are requested to be preient. T. E. Kelly, Adjutant The newspaper sponsred SCRAP METAL cntest announced last week begins today and lasts three weeks. At the end of that time $3,300 worh of War Bonds will be given away as prizes for the col lectors turning in most SCRAP METAL in their respective classes We have Chief Donald Nelson's word for it that increased scrap collection is necessary "to avert a serious decline in the steel prod uction.' We have Mayor Paul's word for it that al SCRAP METAL will be bought by him. The schools have pledged them selves to help in collecting small lots of scrap. They plan to contact every home and farm in the County. In such a large undertak ing, someone may just be overlook ed. If it's you, take the initiative and either contact a neighbor's child yourself or pile it in the car and bring it to faul s when you are coming in. Large amounts may be reported with name address and a list of the items to the child, who will, through his teacher, foiward the reports to the Salvage Com mittee. Following are the prizes to be given out in the State: A $1,000 War Bond will be awarded to the county reporting the greatest total pounds of scrap metal collection per capita, and a $500 bond will go to the second highest county .The county win ning in each Congressional Dis trict wil receive a $100 bond and counties winning the two other county prizes will not be eligible to take district prizes. Prizes going to counties are to be used for some charity or public purpse of general value to the county. The business firm turning in the largest poundage of scrap me tal will get a $300 bond, and a $150 bond win go to the indivi dual colecting the top poundage. Three prizes $75, $50, and $25 bonds will be awarded to local junior organizations ranking first See Scrap Page 8 New Post Master At Davis, N. C. Joe Davis was sworn in Septem ber 30 as Post Master to succeed Virgil Styron who has been serving a temporary appointment since Mr. Alvah Davis reached the age of retirement last summer. This, means that the Post Office will be moved to permanent quarters in the Davis store. Mr. Davis has just had his store remodeled, installed new lights, fixtures, and has made it a suitable and convenient place in which to handle the mail in ad dition to his other business. INTEREST SHOWN IN NUTRITION Date of Opening To Be Announced T.oaf xvAolr fVww.i lntm-atriH I in a Standard Nutri tion Course to be given by II rs. Ruby Simmins, Vocational Home Economics teacher, were asked to get in touch with any of half dozen Beau fort ladies. A gratifying number have expressed an Inter est. The group hoped to get going at once but there has been some delay in getting text books and the opening meeting will be an nounced later. The ladies will meet in the par lors of the Baptist Church prob ably on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the hours will probably be from 8 to 10 in the evening. The course ewill cover 12 hours work which will mean six meetings. Both the day of meeting and hour will be matters for discussion at the first meeting of the class. There will also be an opportunity to see whether members want to meet as one class or be divided into two smaller groups. If there are others interested who have not expressed themselves, they should call Mrs. J. G. Allen, Phone 418-7 at once so she will know for how many to plan. The group is fortunate in hav ing Mrs. Simmons for this work. She has had training and experi ence that give her assurance in di recting the work and will give those housewives who are trying to keep families fit during these trying days useful and practical help. KILLED IN ACTION Mr. George Willis, Jr., son of George Willis, of Scotland, Md., gave his life at the age of 25 to his country. His father received a card from the War Department last week informing them that he was lost in enemy action. George was in the Coast Guard and when last heard from he was in Nova Scotia. He was a graduate of Great Mills, Md., High School and a boy that was, well admired by his schoolmates. George is well remembered for his kindness and respect toward others. He is mourned by his father and sister1 Mahallie of Scotland, and is the nephew of Mm. Roland Davis and Mrs. William Hatsell of Beaufort, N. C. A clipping from the St. Mary's, Md., News. Mrs. Windley Gives Interesting Scrap Mrs. B. E. Windley took some interesting bits of scrap down to day as a contribution to the Scrap Metal Drive. They were parts 01 the German Hindenburg destroy ed by fire in 1937 on its first trip over from Germany as it was a bout to tie up at the U. S. Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, N. J. The metal was gathered by the Homer Lewis' who lived nearby at the time of the disaster. Kept n til now as a souvenir, it gave Mrs. Windley a certain grim satisfac tion to feel that it will be used in our present struggle with Ger many and the other Axis Powers. Fall Pigs Need To Be Vaccinated For Cholera Pork is an essential war food, and North Carolina is one of the major pork-producing States of the East, Dr. C. D. Grinnells, vet erinarian of the Agricultural Ex periment Station at N. C. State College, makes an urgent plea to all swine growers to protect their fall pig crop from diseases. "North Carolina is near the big Eastern center sof pork consump tion," said Dr. Grinnells. "We are also close to some of the import ant packing plants from which meat is shipped to our soldiers and allies overseas. Therefore, we have a patriotic duty to supply as much pork as possible, especially in view of the transportation shortages and the need to conserve shipping space from the Mid-west to the Atlantic seaboard." The veterinarian warns farmers especially to guai'd' against losses from cholera in their swine herds. This is one of the deadliest pig diseases. Pigs should be vaccinat ed against cholera, particularly so if there should be an outbreak of the disease in the neighborhood. To this warning Dr. Grinnells added another: "Be sure that the pigs are in proper condition be fore vaccination, and see that they are adequately cared for daring the post-vaccination period. "Last spring's pig crop suffered some losses due to these two fac tors. Pigs should be examined be fore vaccination to make sure that none of them are suffering from other swine diseases such as pneumonia, worm infestation, or enteritis. From the fifth lo the 15th day after vaccination, the following precautions should be observed: "Pigs should be kept away from muddy lots and wallows. Rations should not be changed radically; but the total amount of feed should be reduced and too much corn should be avoided. Pigs should have access to plenty of clean drinking water." Duck Hunting Permits Now By Mail Coast Guard identification cards for duck hunting may now be secured by mail. Permit appli cation blanks may be filled out and mailed to Lieut. N. H. Church, Captain of the Port, Morehead City, Assistant Captain of the Port, Elizabeth City; or Miss Helen Hawk, Secretary of the Chamber of, Commerce at New Bern. The permit will then be mail ed back to the applicant with the seal of the Captain of the Port. Except for permission to mail ap plications for new duck hunting permits, regulations governing the issuing of identification cards re mains the same. Guests on board boats owned and operated by a person with a Coast Guard identi fication card need not secure an identification card. BEAUFORT BOYS InTheService HODGES IN SOLOMONS o Eugene Hodges, son of Mr. and Mrs. Millie Hodges of Turner street writes home from Solomon Islands: Aug. 20, 1942. Dear Mother and Dad; I am well and getting along fine. Hope all the folks at home are well. Yesterday was my birth day. I sat around all day and ate cocoanuts. I am on Guadacana! Island; it sure is a pretty place plenty of cocoanuts and Japs. I havent heard from you 3ince I left, but by the time you get this maybe I will get one from you. I don't want you and Dad to worry about me because I am perfectly safe here and will be as long as the war lasts. Will close, with lots of love to all. Eugene Hodges. Joseph B. Windley, recently sta tioned at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, is now in the California desert area on maneuvers with a Los Angeles address. Dorsey Martin left for Ft. Bragg on Monday to enter the U. S. Ar my. His service station and store at Martin's Corner (where route 70 turns sharply toward North River) has been leased to Dewey Hardesty who will operate it for the duration. Guy Lewis, son of H. H. Lewis of Ann street, stationed at Camp Crowder, Mo., has been promoted from Pvt. to Corporal. o Corp. Billy Weeks, brother of Mrs. Fred King of Moore 3tieet, has been transferred from Fort See Service Page 8 Regular Rotary Meeting Tuesday Beaufort Rotarians gathered for their regular dinner meeting at the Inlet Inn last Tuesday just prior to the State-wide blackout. Mayor Graydon Paul spoke on plans for the blackout and the hope of making it 100 percent for Beaufort. Dr. W. L. Woodard made an appeal for volunteer air plane spotters to complete the roster for the night hours. As chairman of the Carteret County District of Boy Scouts, he also re ported on the Scout meeting at the Civic Center in Morehead City lust week and discussed the finan cial campaign of the Eastern Car olina Council of Scouts set for ear ly in October. Orchids To The Johnsons Orchids to the Johnsons as Wal ter Winchell would ray! Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson and Bill live in the caretaker's cottage at the Gulf Stream Golf Course right under the airplane spotter's tow er, but that doesn't make airplane spotting their responsibility any more than it is yours, and they have plenty to do. Twenty-four hours a day volun teer spottiryr, however, has its ups and downs, and were it not that the Johnsons have a feeling of re sponsibility in the matter there are times when we would have to apologize for intervals in which planes pass without being report ed. As Mrs. Johnson says, "If no bndy's there, we go up. It just seems we cant think of letting one go by without reporting it." Let's not exploit the Johnsons because they feel this way, but let's appre ciate their attitude for it is com forting to know that if in an emergency the tower is unmanned for a short time, that they feel this way about it. Communion Services Around The World The Episcopal anj Methodis Churche will have th-dv r.f-ala Communion Services next Sunda morning at which time the sacrec' influence of this memorial wiil be reinforced by the knowledge that 15,000,000 Protestants will gath er at the same timo at the Com munion Tables of their respective churches. The movement for world-wide communion is sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, and overseas by the World Council of Churches and national and denominational groups. In so far as conditions make it possible they hope that it will be celebrated by all Protest ants the whole world over. COL. J.G. ALLEN & JUNIOR ARMY IN SCRAP DRIVE Schools In County In Major Campaign For Allied Victory If in the next few days your child comes home and announces that he is a Lieutenant or a ser geant or a corporal or a private in the Army, don't look distressed at what you think is phantasying or worse. He will be exactly right for the school children of the County are to be organized into a Junior Army to assist in the collection of SCRAP METAL vital to war pro duction. If he announces that he is a Colonel or Major or Captain, you may well raise a question for Colonel Allen is the highest rank ing officer in the County, Princi pals are the Majors, and Teachers the Captains. The object of the Junior Army will be to contact every farm and home in every school district for SCRAP. If you have a small quan tity of iron, steel, rubber, copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, zinc or lead for your country, they will bo glad to take it to their school to be put in a place assigned for it by their Major. If you have a large amount, they will take your name and address with a list of the items you have on a slip of paper and their Captains will arrange thru the Major to contact the Local Sal vage Committee and arrange to have it called for. Materials collected in the school scrap yard will be sorted, and at the end of the campaign they will be taken to junk dealers and sold. Each school will make an effort to get some friend of the school with a truck to volunteer for this. What See Col. Allen Page 8 Men's Rubber Shoes To Be Rationed Beginning October 2nd, all manufacturers, retailers and inter mediate distributors in men's rub ber boots and rubber work shoes must file an inventory Form R-C01 with their Local Board. October 10th last day for receiv ing inventory forms and issuing certificate of registration. Hereafter no sale3 at retail and no transfers within the trade can be made unless the Inventory has been filed and the "Certificate of Registration" has been posted. Re gistration Number must be sent to supplier with each order. Contact your Board immediately for your Inventory Form R-601. They are ready and willing at all times to serve you. Answer all questions pertaining to the rationing pro gram and furnish you with Forms and posters. However, your Board will greatly appreciate it if you will file your Inventory as soon as possible and avoid the rush at the closing hours. Thank you. Alma Davis, Executive Sec retary Local Ration Board NC 16 TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this column, The f igures are ap proximately correct and are based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. So meallowances must made for variations in the wind and also with respec to the locality, thai is wlietl t ? er near the inlet or al th ' head of the estuarii. HIGH LOW Friday, Oct. 2 ':'0 AM. 8:23 AM. 2:33 PM. 9:23 PM. Saturday, Oct. 3 3:11 AM. 9:25 AM. J:34 PM. 10:21 PM. "v. Sunday, Oct. 4 4:20 AM. 10:25 AM. 4:37 PM. 11:13 PM. Monday, Oct. 5 5:21 AM. 11:20 AM. 5:35 PM. 12:02 PM. Tueiday, Oct. 6 6:12 AM. 6:24 PM. - 12:14 PM. Wednesday, Oct. 7 6:57 AM. 12:47 AM. 7:08 PM. 1:05 PM. Thunday, Oct. 8 7:40 AM. 1:29 AM. 7:51 PM. 1:50 PM. I II : I