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VOL. XXX NO. 41.
Scrap Piles Growing As
Drive Gathers Momentum
tooking
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From
BEAUFORT NEWS 1922
The report is current around
Beaufort that a Ku Klux lodge,
clan or whatever it is called has
been organized here. An organizer
spent several days in town last
week. As its proceedings are sup
posed to be secret, the News has
been unable to learn any of the
details of the meeting.
The first woman in Raleigh to
be elected assistant cashier of a
bank is Miss Bertha Hellen who
has just been appointed to that po
sition by the Board of Directors
. of the Raleigh Banking and Trust
4 company.
The News learns that Vernon
V Harrell of Beaufort who went to
!' j New York some days at?o to study
'art is mere now ana maicing gooa
progress with his work.
Miss Elizabeth Howell of Golds-
Voro arrived here last Saturday
7
and
will have charge of the
7 th
Yfi ii
f., rs.
'who wa
in the Graded School.
N. M. Jurney of Mt. Olivi
as called here on account of
the illness of her mother, Mrs.
Hanna Sabiston, returned home
yesterday.
Miss Bessie Lee Nichols of New
port spent the weekend here as the
guest of the Inlet Inn.
Bryan Springle
Has Narrow Escape
Bryan Sprirwrle, Ensign, U.S.N. ,
had an almost miraculous escape
last week when he was piloting a
big bomber .with, seven passes
gers through an electric storm
The storm cut all his controls and
he had to make a "crash landing."
Bryan handled his machine so
skillfully that no one was injured
except himself. He received se
ll vere cuts on his leg and hip and
will be hosnitalizeH for nrohnhlv
four weeks.
Ensign Springle is the son of
.Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Springle of
IBeaufort RFD. He graduated
om the Beaufort High School in
-:.le Class of 1938. He will have
been in the Navy three year, the
26th day of February. Always in
Aviation, he was first a Machinist
See SPRINGLE Page 8
Girls Given
Keepsakes
On September 17th we reported
a story of Rita Fay Hussey's and
Betty Jean Tyler's courage and
presence of mind in the water that
probably saved the life of little
Connie Lewis. Last week Connie
presented each of her rescuers
with a Testament with their names
on the outside and a little personal
tribute written inside of each.
AROUND
Town
With
MACK CLARK
We were out to the school build
ing one morning this week when
children arrived with their collect
inns nf scran. And fnr Hnumricrht
If -thusiasm on the homefront, you
r I- -
win nave to look far and wide to
equal that of the kids.
VARIETY
Arcolas, heatrolas, bedsprings
and pumps; all things that use.d to
go on the dumps. Iron pots and
brass pots, a tea kettle that sings;
tires and tubes and auto springs.
Some brought their stuff in wa
gons and carts, others dragged
theirs along the streets or carried
it in tow sacks. One bunch of boys
made several trips with a discarded
baby carriege running over with
odds and ends.
AWARDS
We realize the children were
motivated primarily by the pro
mise of a half-holiday to the rooms
in the elementary, grammer and
high school divisions having the
highest poundage. But as we watch
ed them joyously trudge up to the
scrap pile with their burdens, we
eit a spirit among them deeper
than the thought of award. Here
5ee AROUND TOWN P 6
Beaufort School
Collects More
Than 50,000 Lbs,
244TH C. A. AND
TOWN LOAN TRUCKS
We wager you haven't
seen 50,000 and more pounds
of scrap iron since the last
ship load left the Port Term
inal for Japan. You should
treat yourself to the sight of
the mountain of it in the Ball
Park back of the Beaufort
High School gathered by the
children of our school dis
trict. This misses a grear. deal of all
that has been collected. The Core
Creek children sent in 1100 pounds
yesterday in a truck provided by
one in their own community. This
load had the distinction of being
the first lot in the new depot west
of the Town Hall designated by
the Commissioners as official for
the County. The Colored School
reports more than 2,000 pounds
ready for the same pile. At the
County-wide teachers meeting on
Saturday, other amounts through
the County will be reported and
collection arranged.
Officers of the 244th C.A. stand
ready to make good their promise
of cooperation by using their
trucks and the Town of Beaufort
is also behind the drive and pledg
es trucks in cases where quanti
ties justify their use and when no
olher means of transportation is
available.
A great many school children
are pushing the drive vigorously
all over the County. In "Beaufort
the American Legion is cooperat
ing bv offering cah prize.? for
the grades collecting the most
$5.00 for first prize, $3.00 for sec
ond, and $2.00 for third prize. In
addition Principal Leary is offer
ing the added incentive of a half
day's holiday to the grade bringing
in the most scrap.
Scrap donated at local school
is to be sold and the proceeds used
for the purchase of War Bonds.
See SCRAP Page 8
OPENINGS AT
CHERRY POINT
U. S. Civil Service Commission
has sent notice of 37 types of posi
tions now open at Cherry Point.
There are opportunities for women
as well as men. Anyone interested
will find the list posted on the
front of the Beaufort News Office
where it can be examined at any
time. Persons with the required ex
perience should apply at the of
fice of the Recorder, Labor Board,
U. S. Marine Air Corps Air Station
Cherry Point. Male applicants who
have been classified by the Select
ive Service System in either Class
1-A or 1-B wil not be considered.
SUPERIOR COURT
TO BEGIN OCT. 19
Judge Stevens Of
Warsaw To Preside
No official notice has been
sent from the Governor's Of-
tice, but since Judge Henrv
Stevens of Warsaw has been
holding Court in this District
in the place of Judge Harris.
ot ltaieign, tnere seems little
doubt but that he will pre
side over the October Term
of Superior Court for Carter
et which is scheduled to con
vene here on the 19th.
The outstanding criminal case
for the term is that of the sailor
held for breaking and entering the
home of Walter Hufham, More
head City druggist. Other docu
ments are about as usual except
for an exceptionally large number
of divorce cases.
See CALENDAR Page 9
Beaufort School
Scrap Drive
Figures on the SCRAP drive for
the Beaufort Schools as of Wed
nesday;
M iss Gertrude Styron's seventh
grade leading with 4,865 pounds;
Mrs. Grace Fodrie's tenth grade
next with 4,624; Miss Genevieve
Metcalf's fourth next with 4.383.
Total for all grades 48,001. Tons
have been added to the pile since,
but weighing has not been com
pleted at we go to press.
IN FAR EAST
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PVT. LLOYD DENNIS, ion of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. Dennis of
Beaufort, entered the Array April
1941. He was stationed at Ft.
Bragg until early spring of this
year when he was transferred to
Australia. He is now stationed at
New Caladona Island.
DR. McD0NALD
SPEAKS HERE
ON SATURDAY
Public Invited.
To Hear Edu
cational Amend
ment Discussed
Dr. Ralph McDonald has
accepted an invitation to dis
cuss at a County-wide teach
ers meeting in the Superior
Court Room at Beaufort on
Saturday morning, October
10, the pros and cons of the
proposed educational consti
tutional amendmant to be
voted on by the people of
North Carolina at the gen
eral election on November 3
Although the meeting will begin
at 10:00 o'clock, Dr. McDonald's
discusion is not scheduled until
around 11 :15 and will be limited to
45 minutes. Dr. McDonald is well
known and highly regarded in Car
teret County and Supt. Allen ex
tends through the press a cordial
invitation to the public to feel free
to join the teachers at 11:15 to
hear an able leader and speaker dis
cuss a subject in which every pa
tron should be interested and
about which every voter should be
informed before balloting begins
in the fast appproaching election.
The proposed amendment to the
state constitution, if adopted,
would reorganize the state'3 five
educational teoarus into one cen
tral state board in an effort to pro
vide a more modern State Board
of Education and to stream-line
the administration of the public
school system. Supt. Allen stated
that, in his opinion, all of the ar--See
McDONALD Page 8
Judge R. A. Nunn
To Administer
Rent Control Law
All persons renting dwelling
quarters in Craven and Carteret
Counties will soon begin register
ing each unit and should have com
plete information at hand so that
the registration form may be filled
out quickly, Judge R. A. Nunn
area rent director said today.
He said, too, that landlords must
have information about equipment
and services and any other major
changes in the dwelling unit since
March 1. 1942.
Judge Nunn pointed out that
among the questions to be answer
ed on the form include the follow
ing:
Name of landlord, name of ten
ant, number of rooms in unit.
Rent on March 1, 1942. If not
rented on March 1, 1942, the last
rent paid during the preceeding 00
days; or first rent charged after
March 1.
Date of any structural changes
which resulted in increase or de
crease number of dwellings units,
and rented with such changes after
March 1.
First rent after change, was
made. Date of any major capital
improvements, or services furnish
ed, and first rent paid after such
improvements. Check list of equip
ment and services furnishes, in
cluding furnishings, heat, janitor
service etc.
Registration will begin about
October 15. After filing out the
form, the landlord must remove
the, carbon paper, insert the form
into an envelope unfolded, if he
wishes, mail it to the Area Rent
Office. DO NOT MAIL the forms
to Washington D. C.
BEAUFORT. N. C, THURSDAY,
BEAUFORT BOYS
In The Service
John H. Skarren, son of Mr. anJ
Mrs. W. D. Skarren of Ann Street
will be one of a class of 178 and
one of four N. C. boys to graduate
from the Columbus Army Flying
School, Columbus, Mis3., on Oct
ober 9th. Mrs. Skarren son Wil
liam Hubert, and daughter, Flo
rence left Beaufort on Tuesday
for the graduation exercises. Mrs.
Skarren wil have the honor of pin
ning his wings on.
John is a graduate :? the L'eau
fort High School, Class of '36 and
afterwards attended State College
for a year. He then studied busi
ness at Benjamin Franklin Busi
ness College in Washington, D. C.
He was asociated with the Good
year Tire Company until he enter
ed the Army in July 1940. He re
ceived his basic training at Ft. Ben
ning Ga. Since then he has been
stationed at Ft. Sheridan, III, Max-
field Ala., and Greenville, Miss be
fore entering the Flying School at
Columbus.
Sgt. Stanley Weaver, Camp
Crowder? Mo., writes that hs saw
the second game of the World Se
ries and found it very exicting.
Stanley had leave of absence last
month but because of gas and rub
ber shortage and shortage of time
also, he got no nearer to Beaufort
than Wilson. He says, however
that he is coming down to see his
friends before goin,j overseas.
Evan Norwood Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Norwood, 917 Front St.,
entered Ft. Bragg a week ago Mon
day and is going through the pre
liminary tests and examinations
preparatory to placment. Evan
graduated from State College in
June. Two other brothers are hav
ing military training along with
their college work. Wilson is a Ca
det at Wheaton College, Illinois,
and George is in R. O. T. C, at
Chapel Hill. Betty Norwood, a gra
duate of Westhampton, Richmond,
is also having a part in the War ef
fort. She holds a position with the
War Department in Washington,
Harry V. Willis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James W. Willis of Lenoxville
Road, is now Chief Boatswain
Mate, Officer in Charge of Shark
River, L. B., station, Avon, N. J.
Ben Arrington is receiving in
tensive training at the Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla. He writes
that he will be given some Com
mando training soon.
Jack Humphrey, who went to Ft
Eragg with the August first group
of selectees, has peregrinated a
round considerably since then. He
spent three weeks at St. Peters
burg, Fla. and was then sent oat to
Denver, Colorado, where he is it i
the Advanced Armament School
at Lowry Field. He professes to bo
very happy in his work. He had the
experience of running into a Wak;
Forest schoolmate at St. Louis and
See SERVICE Page 8
"Bill" Gregson
W. D. Gregton of Sanford, com
mander of Lee Pott No. 16 of the
American Legion, joined in the
current tcrap drive. "I urge every
Legionnaire in North Carolina to
search hit home and premise for
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OCT. 8, 1942.
IN ENGLAND
SGT. ELWOOD H. Edwards, son
of Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Edwards,
enlisted in the Army September
1940. He was stationed at Ft.
Brags; until March of last year
when he was transferred to Camp
Blinding, Fla. He is now on duty
somewhere in England. Sgt. Ed
wards was educated at St. Paul's
School and the Beaufort High
School. He has been a band mem
ber since he was nine years old.
He is now in the 17th F.A. Band.
URGENT MEETING
OF WOMAN'S CLUB
ON OCTOBER 15
Local Women
To Entertp.in
District F. W. C.
Mrs. W. L. Woodard has called
a meeting of the Woman's Club
for Thursday afternoon, October,
15th, at 3:30 at the Carteret Co
unty Library, Corner Pollock and
Broad street.
The following Thursday, Oct
ober, 25th, Beaufort is to enter
tain the women of the 12th Dis
trict of the N. C V Federation of
Woman's Clubs at an all day ses
sion. Mrs. Woodard urges all mem
bres to rally for the meeting next
Thursday as it will be necessary at
that time to complete all plani for
the District Meeting.
Tentative plans are for the
meetings on the 25th to convene in
Ann Street Methodist church at
10:30 a. m. and adjourn at 1:00
for luncheon at St. Paul's Parish
House.
Mrs. Geoivre Edwards of Snow
Hill, District President will preside
Mrs. Pressley R. Rankin of Mt.
Gilead, State President, and Mrs.
Clarence W. Beasley, of Colerain,
State Chairman of Districts will ap
pear on the program.
Clubs from Bayboro, Jackson
ville, Kinston, Morehead City, New
Bern, Oriental, Richlands, Snow
Hill, Vanceboro and Vandemere,
wil be represented.
See MEETING Page 8
In Scrap Drive
scrap of every kind and put it to
work at once". Commander Greg
son will be remembered here as
"Bill" Cregson, who in 1927 was
in the composing room of the
BEAUFORT NEWS
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Commissioners To Take
Action Against Those Who
Have Failed To List Taxes
BOARD OF ED.
ALLOTS BUSES
FOR DURATION
''Me Walk?"
"Yes, Maybe"
If Your Bus
Gives Out
School children whose
school bus is wrecked by
carelessness or worn out by
negligence or abuse, or
whose school bus wears out
during the present emergen
cy even with the best of care
probably will find themsel
ves walking or witnout
school facilities, according
to an Order passed by the
Board of Education at their
Monday meeting alloting
school buses "to the respective dis
tricts for the duration of this emer
gency exactly as they are now al
lotted, in order to protect the dis
tricts which take good care of their
buses from those districts which
do not take such good care."
See BUSES Page 8
MAJOR DAWSON
SPEAKER FOR
BEAUFORT ROTES
Major Frank Dawson of Char
lotte, in command of the Civic Air
Patrol stationed at the West Beau
fort Field, was guest speaker at
the Rotarians weekly dinner meet
ing at the Inlet Inn Tuesday eve
ning. Lieut Howard, of High
Point, and Lieut. J. C. Smathers of
Asheville, were also guests of the
club.
Major Dawson's talk was largely
off the record, but he explained
that the CAP's here at our Air
Port, probably for the duration,
are a part of the Army Civilian De
fense Corps playing a vital part in
tlK Defense Set Up and pro-nising
to play an increasingly important
part. They are the volunteer group
of North Carolinians working un
der Army regulations whose
orange planes hover closely over
us at all hours of the day.
Major Dawson stressed th? :e
sirability of improvements in the
airport. He is very earnest in his in
terest in seeing it in A-l condition
that his unit may be able to render
the most efficient service possible.
In the absence of the President,
Calvin Jones, the Vice President
presided at the meeting. Lieut.
Smathers gave a solo that was
much appreciated. Grayden Paul,
assisted by Miss Katherine Davis,
Miss Maria Hill, and Mrs. Paul at
the piano, sang a number of the
old Beaufort songs that were used
in 'The Unknown Seas."
CITY FATHERS
MET ON MONDAY
Make Donation
To Scrap Drive
The ToA'n Commissioners met in
regular session at the Town Hall
Muniay evening. A number of
matters came up for discussion:
Sir.cc, under blackout conditions
the discs in the middle of Turner
and Front. Turner and Ann and
Ann and Live Oak streets have be
in traffic, it was 'decided to have
them taken up and nv.ide a dona
tion to the Scrap Drivj from th
town.
The Clevk w:is instructed to p"
vide four "Quiet, Church Zono,"
signs, two to be placed west cf the
Episcopal Church and two east of
the Methodist Church setting
apart all of the enclosed section
of Ann Street as a Church Zone.
It was decided to place one re
flector sign, "Danger", at the
point just west of March where
Front street suddenly narrows.
There was also discussion of the
appointment School Board mem
bers to fill existing vacancies, but
no action was taken.
G. W. Huntley resigned from
the Vir Port Commission and
Charles Hassell was elected to
serve in his place.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Delinquents To
Be Submitted To
Superior Court
For Prosecution
PLEDGE COOPERATION
IN SALVAGE DRIVE
The County Commission
ers in session Monday order
ed the taxing authorities to
submit a list of those who
have failed to list taxes to
the Superior Court when it
convenes here on October
19. Following is the Order:
ORDER
We, the Board of County Com
missioners, on finding that several
hundred citizens o f Carteret
County failed to list their 1942
taxes in January, and realizing
that it is imperative that all per
sons must list and pay their taxes
in order that County taxes will
not be increased, do hereby order
the taxing authorities to submit
a list of all citizens of Carteret
County who did not list taxes in
January, 1942, to the Solicitor
for Prosecution in the Superior
Court, October 19, 1942.
All persons that did not list in
January may avoid the cost of this
Court by paying at once all per
sonal property taxes that they
owe, including the 1942 tax, and
signing the 1942 abstract.
This the 5th day of Oct., 1942.
Board of Commissioners
Of Carteret County.
K.P.B. Bonner, chairman.
Other business before the Com
misisoners wa3 the appointment of
several committees to adjust tax
matters and the award of the or
der for supplies for the County
Home to Pender for the cuirent
month.
Commissioners, in cooperation
with the Scrap Metal drive, also
agreed to set apart space for a
salvage depot and to push the
drive in their respective communi
ties. Carteret 4-H Boys
To Visit Raleigh
When the 4-H Baby Beef Show
is held on the campus of the North
C.Volina State College October 13
and 14 Bobby King, Beaufort, R.
F. D., Bily Oglesby, Walter Ray
Ewell, and John Swinson, Newport
RFD, Carteret 4-H boys, plan to be
present.
For these five Sears Roebuck 4
II Sheep club boys have a special
invitation to attend the show and a
supper meeting in the West Cafe
teria at State College Tuesday Oct
13th, 7:30 p. m. as the guests of
Sears Roebuck and Company.
"This gives the boys opportunity
to see the 4-H steers judged and
sold," commented County Agent
Lassiter.
? TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures aie ap
proximately coirect and are
based on tables furnished by
tha U. S. Geodetic Survey.
So meallowances must N
made for variations in the
wind and also with respec.
to the locality, thai is whetl
r near the inlet or at. thf
head of the estuaries.
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HIGH
LOW
Friday, Oct. 9
8:21 AM
8:01 PM
Sal rciy, Cel.
9:03 AM
9:10 PM
Sunday, Oct. 1
9:47 AM
10:00 TM
Monday, Oct.
10:32 AM
10:48 PM
Tuesday, Oci
11:20 AM
11:38 PM
Wednesday, Ocl
2:08 AM
2:31 PM
10
11
12:11 PM
Thursday, Oct
12:31 AM
1:05 PM