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VOLUME XXXII No. 6
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
BEAUFORT. N. C, THURSDAY, FEB, 10, 1944
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
JURY IS DRAWM
FOR MARCH TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Board Also Makes
Tax Adjustments
In Monday Session
i The County Commissioners met
irt regular session Monday morn
ing. Reports were read by Dr. Rob
ert K. Oliver for the Carteret
County Health Department and
by Mr. B. C. May for the Caiteret
AAA and were both accepted by
the Board. Other business consist
ed largely of tax adjustments and
selection of jury for the March
Term of Criminal and Civil Super
ior Court.
Adjustments were' made for:
Beaufort: Dan Smith. R. E. Chap
lain. Georee A. Brooks (Port?.'
mouth property) : Newport: Wil
liam II. and J. C. Bell; Marshu.il
berg: Tyre Moore (Banks proper
ty), J. W. Hill, Lambert Guthrie;
Davis: Theodore Willis, D. J. Wil
lis; Merrimon: Siddie Reel (col
ored), W. T. Smithdeal; Harlowe:
Harry P. White lands, D. L. Har
desty; Straits: Mrs. Gladys S. Mer
rison. ' Messrs. Charles V. Webb, S. A.
Chalk, and John Brooks, were
named on an appraisal committse
for adjustment of property valua
tion in the County for tax purpos-
Health Department
Acquires New Nurse
The Carteret Comity Health
Department during the past week
has acquired the services of Miss
Caroline E. Kidder. Miss Kidder b
a native of Ohio and New Jersey
and received her primary training
at Orange, New Jersey. Since grad
uation Miss Kidder engaged m pri
vate duty nursing for eight years
and then began a long career of
public health nursing in Harlen
County, Kentucky, during which
time she served the people of her
mountainous district, constantly
having to travel by horseback to
reach the remote portions of her
district. Miss Kidder then spent
4 1-2 years in the mountains of
West Virginia, a portion of this
time being spent among the mining
people of this state. Miss Kidder
has also served at the D. A. R..
School at Grant, Alabama and in
Western North Carolina and her
most recent was at the State Farm
Colony at Kinston.
In addition to this long and var
ied career of public health nurs-
ing, Miss Kidder has provided her
self with three post-graduate
courses of training at such nation
ally known schools as Peabody Col
lege at Nashville, Tenn., New York
University, and Simmons College
at Boston.
The Carteret County Health
Department feels that the County
is very fortunate to have the serv
ices of such a well qualified and
public spirited nurse. It is hoped
The following Jury was sslect
ed: . Beaufort: A. N. Fodrie, G. W.
Huntley, Jr., Wade Neal, Jack 0.
Chadwick, Paul S. Jones, D. G.
Merrill, Robert E. King, Otis Wil
lis, II. G. Loftin. RFD: Whitford
Gillikin. W. T. Pake.
Morehead City: George I. Wal
lace. J. R. Laughton, M. S. ebb
Fhilio K. Ball. George V. Willi,
C. T. Whitehead, R. E. Laughton,
W. M. Webb.
, Stacy: Mat Salter, Earl Fulcher
Lloyd Hill.
j Newport: B. J. Mann, I. Guy
Garner, C. R. Cannon.
i u.rlrr. l.UnJi Kenneth John
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'son, -Alfred Moore. ' v
Roe: Luther Gaskill, Hugh Good
' win.
Strait: H. C. Whitehurst.
Marshallbergt M. T. Royall.
Willislons T. C. Willis.
Merrimon: H. B. Salter.
nvlm- Weslev Paul.
Swansboro: jonn K. J ones.
Wildwoods A. C. Murdoch, Sr.
that Miss Kidder will meet with an j
appreciative response in the homei
which she visits. Her varied and
colorful career will afford much of
value to all of whom she comes in
contact.
17-Year-Olds May
Enlist Now In Radio
Supper For Choir
The four circles of the Woman's
Society for Christian Service of
Ann Street Methodist Church arc
entertaining the Choir with a sup
per at the church this evening at
seven o'clock. The twenty-two
guests who have accepted the invi
tation include Rev. and Mrs. W.
Stanley Potter and Mrs. Jim
Wheatly in addition to choir mem
bers. Mrs. T. A. Richards, Chairman
of the Committee on decorations
has made the tables lovely using
the Valentine motif, and the Sup
per Committee plan to serve" a
plate of tomatoes stuffed with
chicken salad and all that goes with
it with a lemon pie dessert.
OVER
Beaufort schools have gone over
the top in the Fourth War Loan
Dr'.ve. Sales of bonds have reach
ed $22,700 and stamps $1,431.90
wel! orer the pledge made to sell
at least one bond for every pupil
enrolled.
RATION
BRIEFS
GASOLINE
A-9 Coupons good through May 8.
SHOES
No. 18, Book I, good indefinitely
for one pair.
No. 1 "Airplane" Stamp in
Book III good for one pair.
SUGAR
Stamp No. 30, Book IV, good
for 5 pounds of sugar through
March 31. No. 40 good for 5 lbs.
canning sugar through February
28, 1945.
CANNED GOODS
G. H, J, Book IV, good through
Feb. 20. K, L, M, good through
March 20.
MEATS
Brown V, W, X good through
February 26. Y good February 13.
FUEL OIL
Period 3 coupons good through
Feb. 21. Period 4 and 5 good.
REMINDERS
A special plan whereby 17-year,
olds qualified in radio and electro
nics may be enlisted as seaman,
first class, in the Navy and defer
red until they are graduated from
hich school this spring was an
nounced today by Recruiter Har
ry Gatton of the New Bern Navy
Recrruiting Station.
In addition, Gatton said, any
high school senior who is 17 may
be enlisted now and deferred until
graduation this year whether or
not be qualified in the radio tech
nician examination.
Gatton painted out that the
rating of Seaman, first class be
gins the successful applicant in a
ten-month course that will give
him the rating of radio technician
second class and prepare him for a
good job in radio and electronics
after the war. The base pay for a
seaman first class is ?G0 per month
with all food, lodging and clothing
and dependency allowances.
The New Bern Navy Recruiting
Station located in the post office
building has complete details on
these plans in addition to Ship Re
pair Unit applications and Wave
blanks.
Contact Recruiter Gatton in
Morehead City at the Post Office
Building on each Tuesday morn
ing or go directly to the New Bern
station for details.
MOORE'S HOME
OH ANN STREET
BURNED FRiDA.Y
Fire Discovered
By Passersby
Last Friday morning between
ten and eleven o'clock the two
story six room home of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Moore, on Ann Street,
was partially destroyed by a firt
that burned an hour or more and
threatend to break out a second
time.
Mrs. Moore rents her upstairs
rooms but no one was in the house
except herself and Mr. Moore at
the time of the fire. Mr. Moore,
employee of the Seashore Trans
portation Company, was confined
to his bed with the "fiu" and Mrs.
Moore was sitting in the room with
him when she was notified from
the outside of the blaze which ap
parently caught from the flue.
Nothing was saved except cloth
ing. The fire being so central excit
ed apprehension on the part of
other property holders and a large
crowd quickly gathered. Firemen
had to keep a stream playing on the
large fram house of Mrs. Lorena
Richardson to keep it from catch
ing. The Morehead City Fire De
partment was called but did not
have to be used. A trailer parked
practically under the caves of the
Moore home could not be moved
because the wheels had been de
tached but escaped dsmage.
The roof of the Moore home
was totally destroyed and consid
erable damage was done insi le by
both water and fire. The loss is
partly covered by insurance.
The Moore's are living tempor
arily with their son, Walter Moore,
Jr., on Broad Street.
Wounded
CHILD DIES OF
BURNS RECEIVE
IN FIRE MONDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Millie Hodges, of
Turner Street, have been notified
by the War Department that their
son, Cpl. Eugene Hodges, pictured
above, who has been in the Pacific
for the past eighteen month, has
been wounded in the shoulder and
is being hospitalized. The Hodges
are encouraged, however, by the
receipt of a letter firom Eugene
himself written sinec he was in
jured.
Spring
The birds are collecting straws
for their nests tra ia la, and we
are told mat an eany spring
forecast. Buyers for The Vogue,
Martin's and Felton's have all been
sitting with their respective ears to
the ground for just such news and
are announcing that they are equip
ped to get you ready for spring.
Anything you need for to-day, for
tomorrow, for this month, and
throughout the spring. Watch their
ads.
Narrow Escape From
Serious Fire Tues.
Prompt response of the Beau
fort Fire Department to call 16
at 4:30 Tuesday morning saved
the town from what could have
been a very disastrous fire. A ster
ilizer left attached in Dr. W. L.
Woodard's office where he had
been doing night work became ov
erheatd and considerable smoke
resulted although there was little
damage.
Night Officer Louis Willis dis
covered the fire and turned in the
Distinction
Mrs. Alice Wetherington, Ons
low County, left for home Snuday
following a visit with her daugh
ter, Mrs. H. T. Rhue, of Broad
Street.
Mrs. Wetherington at 75 has the
distinction of having ten living
children and eighty own grand
children of which, incidentally, an
even forty, are boys and forty
girls. In addition she has thirty
nine great grandchildden making
a total of 129 living descendants.
Service For Scouts
The Boy Scouts with their Scout
master; Mr. Charles Hassell, and
the Girl Scouts with Mrs. Jack
Neal, Scoutleader, will worship m
Recorder's Court
Business was dull this week in
Hecorder's Court so that the dock
et fit neatly into the morning ses
sion. A dozen minor traffic cases
were settled in the Clerk's Office
without defendants having to ap
pear in the Court Room.
Alec Curtis, Morehead City, was
charged with public drunkenness
and plead guilty. He was found
asleep in the front seat of a car
the owner of which he says he still
doesn't know. His sentence prov
ed something of a problem and was
arrived at only after considerable
deliberation. Curtis had no money,
no help is needed on the Court
grounds, and the Judge did not
feel his lapse justified sending him
to the roads. He was finally given
ten days in jail.
Frank Swain was charged with
trespass. He is a subtenant on
property recently sold and has
been given notice to move from
the house he is occupying but fail
ed to do so. The matter was con
tinued for another week awaiting
a decision from OPA in the mat
ter. Swain pressed for the oppor
tunity to be heard and especially
asked that his bond be cancelled as
he finds it prejudicial to his repu
tation for it to be known he is out
under bond as he has "committed
on crime." Request was not grant
ed, but he was promised a hearing
next week.
I. D. Settle charged with reck
less driving and causing damage
to the property of Dixie Dairy was
heard. The Court gave another
week for the two to get together on
damages.
B. H. S. Wins
Double Header
alarm.
In tow of the most thrilling
games played in the B.H.S. Gym
in many a day, both boys and girls'
teams defeated Newport Wednes
day night. Both were so very close
that the spectators were kept on
the edge of their seats during the
entire game.
In the boys games, both second
and third quarters were tied. Then
in the last minute of play the score
stood 11 to 10 in favor of Newport.
When Guthrie dropped a pretty
goal to make the score 12 to 11.
Just as the whistle was blown to
end the game a foul was called a
gainst Beaufort The crowds stood
in silence. Newport tied for the
free shot and last. The final score
12 to U.
The girls also played a very tight
game, the score being 14 to 12
with Peterson as high scores for
Beaufort.
V AnMiZr for IliM ! a body at the 11 'clock service at Next a"d laSt f, . v , ,
Income tax deadline .for Ming y , mi conference will be held
returns March 15. Earlier filing
desirable.
Tire inspection deadline for A
coupon holders March 31; for B
and C-coupon holders, February 28
Ann Street Methodist Church on
Sunday morning. The service is
planned in recognition of both Boy
Scout Week and the recent Girl
Scout Week.
next Tuesday, 15th nt 7:30, Beau
fort vs Harkers Island. Come out
and support your team !
Horace Loftin, Reporter.
An eaily morning Ihe alar n on
Monday sounded the "all out" al
most immediately so that no one
felt concern for the outcome, but
six year old Shelby Jea.i Wiley
diid at noon as a result of the
blaze, her fathor, Mr. Casey Wil
ey, and infant sister were hospital
ized for burns, and her mother
had to be treated but returned to
her home with the other children.
,The Wileys occupy a three loom
I apartment in the renovated Coun
ty Home out on the old New Bern
Road. A drum heater in the bed
room is said to have burned lov
and Mrs. Wiley raked the coals to
the front with a resulting "explo
sion " it is thought irom Kerosene
that failed to ignite when the fire
was started. The children ran about
n panic. When the fire department
reached the scene the blaze had
been extinguished. The building it
self was scarcely damaged and of
the furnishings only the dresser,
mattress, pillows, and curtains
burned.
Funeral services for Shelby Jean
were conducted Tuesday after
noon, and the body was laid to rest
in the old family burying ground
at Chinquapin. Mrs. Wiley's father
and three sisters came to Beaufort
and accompanied her to the funer
al. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morris also
attended from here.
The Wileys came to Beaufort
from Wallace. He is employed
here on the West Beaufort Air
port by E. B. Morris, contractor'.
There were four children in the
family, three of whom wevo of
school age, the fourth an infant.
The report from the Morehead
City Hospital today is that Baby
Wiley will be- discharged today.
Mr. Wiley is imporving but date
of discharge is indefinite.
Mrs. Gardner Dies
Wednesday Evening
Mrs. Mary James Gardner died
last night at her home on Orange
Street. Mrs. Gardner was in her
seventies. She has been in poor
health for the past six months but
was taken acutely ill only a few
minutes before her death.
Mrs. Gardner before her marri
age was Mary James Gabriel. She
was a native of Beaufort and a
member of the Beaufort Baptist
Church since early childhood. Un
til her health prevented, she was
active in the work of church and
for many years taught a class in
the Primary Department of the
Sunday School.
Mrs. Gardner was the last sorviv
ing member of her immediate fam
ily. Her nearest of kin are four
nieces: Mrs. Melborne Blackwell
who made her home with her, Mrs.
Earl Willis, of Morehead City, Mrs.
Guy Lewis, of Golusboro, Mrs.
Fred Best, of Philadelphia; and
two nephews: Dewey Guthrie and
Robert Guthrie, both of Beaufort.
The funeral will be held from
the First Baptist Church tomorrow
afternoon (Friday) at 3 o'clock.
Beaufort Home
Economics Club
You have, no doubt, recently
noticed some high school girls who
were very poorly groomed. Yes,
they know better ! New members
of the Home Economics Club were
just suffering that period of infor
mal initiation which old members
always impose upon them.
CARTERET BOYS IN
THE SERVICE
Ensign Grayden M. Paul leaves
tomorrow for Washington State
where ho is to report on the 17th
for sea duty in the Pacific.
Miss Grace Lawrence, Army Li
brarian, Camp McCall, spent the
past week-end as guest
Gherman Holland.
of Mrs.
Robert L. Dennis, son of Mr.,
and Mrs. R. L. Dennis has return
ed to Bainbridge, Md., for his next
assignment following "boot" leave
here.
William Carl Edwards who en
listed in the Navy in the fall has
completed his training at Bain
bridge and been sent to San Diego
Cal. to the Fleet Music School. A
member of last year s Beaufort
High School band, he now plays in
the Navy band.
Babe Dixon writes from Corsica,
Napoleon's birthplace, that he has
been without mail since he left N.
Africa; but "I think I will like this
country better than I did Africa.
The weather is much better. I
ran into some boys from Claud
Gillikin's rtgiment, but he was not
with him although they knew him."
Mr. and Mrs. Crip Jones togeth
er with young Kit have been here
this week visiting "Miss Lutie"
Jones. Crip, with the Army Trans
port Service at Newport News, has
just returned from Chicago where
he had a course in Diesel Engineer
ing. Cpl. Fillmore Lawrence, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Lawrence who
has been in the Pacific for the past
21 months has been changed from
the Solomons to the Gilbert Islands.
John Duncan, son of G. W. Dun
can enlisted in the U. S. Navol Re
serve in Raleigh Tuesday. He is
subject to call but has been re
turned home to complete his school
year here.
192-pound Jack Allen, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Allen has been
selected member of the all star bas
ket ball team in the tournament in
which State Teachers College, Su
perior, Wis., participates.
Evan W. Norwood, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Norwood, is
reported to be missing in action
in India. According to a letter writ
ten January 3 and received by his
family on the 16th, he had just
arrived in India at th'3 time.
Notice To Federal
Income Taxpayers
A deputy collector of Internal
Revenue-: will be at the following
places at the time designated to aid
those required to file federal in
come tax returns:
Feb. 15, 16 Court Room House.
Bayboro.
Feb. 17 Lobby, Contractors
Administration Bldg., Cherry
Point.
Feb. 18, 19 Room 112, Adm.
Bldg. U.S.M.C.A.S., Cherry Point.
Feb. 21 thru 26 Room 116, Post
Office, Morehead City.
Feb. 23, 24 Post Office, Beaufort.
Feb. 28, 29 Court Room, Court
House, Trenton.
Mar. 1 thru 15 (midnight) Room
307, Post Office, New Bern.
Mark S. Dunn,
Deputy Collector
DR. PRYTHERCH BACK
FROM WASHINGTON
FISHERY MEETING
Dr. H. F. Prytherch returned
Sunday evening from Washington,
D. C, where he presided over the
meeting of the Fishery Coordina
tors and members of the commer
cial fishing industry for the Mid
Atlantic Region.
Advantages of Nine
Months School
By student of Beaufort H. S.
In the General Assembly of
North Carolina in 1943, a bill was
passed concernnig the future of ev
ery student in this state. This pro
vided for the extension of the min
imum school term to a total of one
hundred and eighty days of school.
Why did the people of North Car
olina feel it their duty to pass this
bill?
What are the advantages of nine
months school? I, alone, as an in
dividual of the present date, can
not answer this question. This
question involves the footsteps of
the path of time. It involves the
uprising of culture, the struggle
for higher living, the toil for civ
ilization that has existed since the
beginning of the universe.
Why did Socrates sacrifice his
life for the mental improvement
of mankind? Why didn't Galileo re
main in his hut instead of plung
ing into the depths of science and
revealing his mysteries to tha un
believing populace? Why didn't
Abraham Lincoln stay in the quiet
repose of his lo j cabin in the wil
derness rather than place himself
before the burning flame of criti
cism? Why isn't Beaufort High
School satisfied with its present
standard of eight mcnths instead
of welcoming an additional month
of work?
The schools of the present date
See 9 MONTHS TERM Page 10
The Beaufort Home Economics
Club met several months ago for
re-organization. At this meeting,
many plans for the year were made
The name of the club was changed
to the Ruby . Homo Economics
Club. The club plans to become a
member of the State Homo Econ
omics Club, thereby, making ours
a much stronger organization.
The folowing new officers were
elected and formally installed by
an impressive evening candle light
ing service:
President Emily Taylor.
" Vice-Pres. Mary Carraway.
Secretary, Ellen Stafford.
Treasurer, Rebecca Mason.
Historian, Jean Springle.
Song Leader, Patsy Ruth Hill.
Pianist, Gwendolyn Whitehurst,
Club Reporter, Doris Guthrie.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
SMYRNA DAHCE
AND BOND RALLY
SATURDAY NIGHT
Clyde Jones Master
Of Ceremonies. Mrs.
Mason, Mother of 7 in
Service to be Guest of
Honor
MUSIC BY ARMY BAND
As a finale to the school ef
fort in the 4th War Loan Drive,
a big bond rally and dance is be
ing planned for Saturday even
ing, February 12th, in the Gym of
the Smyrna High School. Admis
sion: purchase of one fifty cent
Defense Stamp.
Guest of honor will be Mrs.
Amplia Mson. of Atlntic, wife of
the late Mr. Alvin Mason, who haa
theg reat distinction of having
seven sons in the service, six of
whom are seeing active service.
There are said to be but 30 mothers
in the state of North Carolina who
can boast of four or more in ser
vice. This puts Mrs. Mason in an
exceedingly exclusive class per
haps in a class to herself. Her
sons are Messrs. Andrew, Alvin,
Jr., George, Augustus, Monroe,
Ishrael, and Percy. Incidentally,
she has two other sons in Atlantic
and five daughters who make their
homes there.
Mr. Clyde Jones, of Morehead
City, has consented to tbe Master
of Ceremonies and those who saw
him in action at the Newport .tuu
ly in the fall have already advertis
ed his genius in this role.
Chief Warrant Officer Ralph C.
Church of Fort Macon is bringing
over the 241st Army band which
will render a program of concert
and dance music and Miss Esta
belle Fodrie, of Beaufort, will give
several numbers.
Everything is in good hands and
a great time is promised all who
attend.
NEARING QUOTA
County Chairman I. E. Pittman
of the 4th War Loan Drive reports
today official sales for Carteret
County to and including the 7th to
be $223117, but he says reports re
ceived from over the County in
dicate that we are to-day prob
ably within $73,00 of our quota of
$330,000.
Again, Mr. Pittman reports "E"
bonds lagging behind the propor
tion assigned as our quota total
ling but $116,000, about half of
the $231,800 we were asked to buy.
The State is lagginar everywhere
on the "E" bonds. Only 57 percent
of the quota for North Carolina
have been sold but we havn't ev
en bought 57 per cent of our quo
te Mr. Pittman and Mrs. J. G. AI.
len, Chairman for the Woman's
work, teei tne response every
where has been splendid but are
making a special appeal to the peo
ple of the County to And a way of
buying ANOTHER "extra bond."
For the kind of 100 per cent re
sponse we want for our County,
we must reach not only the grand
total asked but also the proportion
of small bonds we were asked to
buy.
Mayor's Court
The situation was much the sam
this week in Mayor Paul's Court
except that the whites predomi
nated among offenders three
whtie men were charged with
drunkenness and one colored man.
All were given thirty days on the
town streets.
OWENS HOUSE
BURNED EARLY
THIS MORNING
Eighth Alarm
In Two Weeks
The Fire Department answered
the enghth alarm in two weeks in
the early morning hours today
when they were called to the home
of Derwood Owens on the north
side of Broad Street. Mr. uwen3
was occupying but one room of the
house at the time; the Millsaps,
Missourians, employed at Cherry
Point, were living in the rest of the
single story frame building. Two
men passing at 2:30 saw the blaze
and gave the alarm.
A tin roof made it hard for the
fire fighters to get to the blaze and
a second alarm had to be turned in
in order to get more firemen on the
job. Even then it burned for an
hour and a half.
Mr. Owens, interviewed today,
said the origin of the fire is not
known but the general feeling is
that it was caused by defective
wiring. He considers the house a
total loss only partly covered by
insurance.
WEATHER
Wi
inners
Miss Marjorie Humphrey's 8th
grade of the Beaufort Schools with
a January sales of $3,418. 7C m
bonds and stamps won the Beau
fort Theatre Movie passes for the
month just past. Runners up, all of
which sold over a $1000.00 worth,
were Mrs. John Brooks 7th grade,
Miss Myrtle Piver's 1st grade,
Mrs. Mildred Lawrence's 8th
grade, and Miss Edith Lewis' 5th
grade.
A new month started this week.
Miss Humpnrey s grade again
started out high with Miss Myrtle
Piver's 1st grade second. Sates on
Tuesday totalled $5800.00 in bonds
and $384.50 in stamps.
January weather day by day as
officially recorded at the U. S.
Fishery Biological Laboratory
Station :
Max. Min.
1 50 32
2 54 35
3 6..2 43
4 58 43
5 51 32
6 53 4C
7 51 34
8 50 35
9 47 28
10 47 24
11 52 29
12 59 40
13 .....57 34
14 -L 57 31
15 - 50 37
16 -51 35
17 51 35
18 54 41
19 54 43 u
20 - 56 ;' 40
21 51 37
22 .61 41
23 57 48
24 . 59 38
25 62 39
26 ...68 50
27 .....65 4C
28 .66 53
29 71 61
30 59 40
31 60 33