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VOLUME XXXIII No. 22
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The Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Canpt Coast
For Future Needs-
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1944
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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Ikie K. Uuthrie, ion oi mr. uv
Mrs. Jimmie Guthrie is serving a
broad with the U. S. Naval Am
nhidnut Force on a LST. Ikie
eraduated from the Harkers la
land High School in the class of
1U2. He entered the Service
more than a year ago and has serv
ed in the North Atlantic and in thi
Training Base at Norfolk.
CHERRY POLLS
MORE VOTES IN
CARTERET THAN
ANY CANDIDATE
Long Pine All For
McDonald, 89 Per
Cent For Ritch for
U. S. Senator
BUNYAH HEARD
IN COURTTUES.
Resents Treatment
He Receives Here
JUDGE WILLIAMS
TO PRESIDE AT
JUNE COURT
19 Divorces on
Calendar. No
Criminal Cases
Of Importance
The June term of
hearing criminal and
court for
civil cases
will convene here for two weeks
he-ginning Monday, June 12, with
Hon. Clawson L. Williams of San
ford presiding. Judge Williams
was scheduled for the March term
of Carteret Court but Hon. Luther
Hamilton presided in his place.
When Judge Williams comes to the
County next month it will be but
his second appearance here.
There are no new criminal cas
es of importance on the June dock
et, but 19 divorce proceedings will
come up.
The case of the 10 or 12 excep
tions to the report of the apprais
ers of the property taken for the
Beaufort-Morehead City Airport
will come on Monday ofthe second
week. Issues were settled in the
December Court and the case con
tinued until June.
Monday Thru Saturday
Criminal Cases and Divorces
Cases to be heard ore:
Hoffman vs Phillips eta 1, Tliors
on vs Brantley, Kilburn vs Wil
liams, and the following Motions:
Morris vs Ramsey, Bituminous vs
Willis, Wade vs Wade, Roper Lum
ber Co., vs Hyatt et al.
No.
Divorces
Ennis -vs- Ennis
Georve -vs- George
Carter -vs- Carter
Murp'.ij -vs- Murphy
Garner -vs- Garner
Davis -vs-Davis
Ferrier -vs- Ferrier
Moore -vs- Moore
Vannie Willis -vs- Mary
Willis.
Hill -vs- Hill
Smith -vs- Smith
Evans -vs- Evans
Pusser -vs- Pusser
Taylor -vs- Taylor
Taft -vs- Taft
Jones -vs- Jones
See COURT Page 10
Hon. R. Gregg Cherry Demo
cratic nominee for Governor to
tailed 1488 votes of the 1911 cast
in the Democratic Primary of May
27 losing in only three election
precincts of the 26 reporting
(Stella not heard from). 1 nose
three were Wildvvood, Otway, and
Long Pine. In the latter precinct
the vote went 100 per cent McDon
ald. On the other band Cherry
carried Salter Path, Lukem;, and
Portsmouth one hundred per cent
giving him 127 votes as compared
with McDonald s 9 from Long
Pine. Harkers Island gave Cherry
140 votes and one to Olla Ray
Boyd. Total votes cast for Olla
Ray Boyd was 14 Morehead
City lead with 3.
Hon. Clyde Hoey received 1222
of the 1848 votes cast for United
States Senator, Hon. Cameron
Morrison 584, and the remaining
42 were divided between the otnei
three candidates. Hoey received
votes in every precinct, Morrison
received none in Ptletier, Mcrri
raon, Lukens, Long Pine, Stacy,
and Portsmouth. Heaviest senator
ial vote in Long Pine (8) went to
Marvin Lee Ritch.
" Dunk" Home After Completing
Twenty-five Combat Missions
179
185
192
193
194
198
202
203
206
207
208
209
210
211
213
214
W. L. Halstead pushed L. Y.
Ballentine, nominee for Lt. Gov
ernor, a close second with a vote
of 825 as compared with . Ballen
tine 858: Thad Eure made the
nomination for Secretary of State
easily with a vote of 1702 as com
pared with 106 ballots cast lor
W. N. Crawford; and George Ross
Pou, lead easily for State Auditor
with 1634 as compared with 139
for Fred S. Hunter; Charles M.
Johnson was named as candidate
for State Treasurer by a vote of
1549 with but 171 for L. J. Phipps.
Standing of the three candidates
for State Senate: Libby Ward,
1647; R. A. Whitaker, 1081; K. A.
Pittman, 536.
Republican votes cast totalled
26 in the entire county but one of
which was cast in Beaufort; two in
Morehead City.
Of the total of 166 absentee
ballots mailed to soldiers but 46
were returned in time to count. A
number have been received sinco
Saturday and are still dribbling in.
Mr. F. R. Seeley, Chairman of the
Board of Elections, says he has
resolved to try and get ballots for
the fall election out by September
first to avoid having a repetition of
this situation.
John Bunyan has again lullcn
into the "Slough of Despair" in his
progress to the "Celestial City,"
On May 21 he was charged with
public drunkenness and interring
Lije when he was loading the iee
truck.
The defendant appeared in al!
white with white yachting cap.
Unfortunately in order to tell what
happens in the afternoon, John
has to begin either the night be
fore or at 5:30 in the morning
when he gets up to get the swill
for his pigs so the trial was neces
sarily wordv. Sometimes, however,
he went straight to the crux of the
matter. When as his own lawyer
he was permitted to question a
witness who accused him of being
drunk and "running" he demand
ed, "Tell me, how can a man drunk
run?" His two approaches were
tears and the psychology of put
ting his opponents on the defen
sive by charging them before they
had an opportunity to charge him.
No one could accuse him of being
inarticulate about injustices he
suffers when working out a fine:
"Work a man without feeding
him" "Work a man on Saturday
just like a week-day," "Naver
,T;ive me a mouthful of food,"
"Work a man to death," "Have a
colored man driving me," 'Don't
treat me right in this town." As
for himself: "Ain't been drunk for
17 months, God knows in his heav
en," "Ain't asked a man for a cent
since before my mother died,"
"Got a nice garden as you ever
seen," "Don t need clothes, 1 got
plenty," "Don't owe a man in this
town a penny," "Didn't do nothii
didn't even cuss." When evidence
was sifted down, however, Judge-
Webb gave the defendant 15 days.
James C. Skinner, white, Beau
fort, was charged with aiding and
abetting in a drunken driving,
case but it was continued until
next week in order to call in Les
lie Norris who is alos involved in
the case.
Ed J. Ferguson, charged with a
traffic violation failed to appear
and forfeited his bond.
William Wade, white, Morehead
City, plead guilty to drunkenness,
posted bond, and submitted for his
bond to apply to his costs.
Marvin Weeks, white, barefoot
boy of 15 whose home is at Seven
Springs but who has been employ
ed at the Beach appeared on the
charge of taking things valued at
less than $20 from a boat. Because
of his age, the case was referred
to L. W. Hassell, Judge of Juvenile
Court. It was Weeks first offense.
Judge Hassell reprimanded him,
had him pay for the goods taken,
and released him to his parents
with the order that he go back
with them to Seven Springs and
not return to Carteret.
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BUDD SOON TO
BE SHIPPING
500-600 CRATES
BERRIES DAILY
Blueberry Culture
But 7 Years Old
In Carteret
In England
First Lieut. Thomas Duncan
Sellers, A.U.S. arrived home re
cently after completing 25 combat
missions over enemy territory in
the European Theatre of war.
"Dunk" won the Distinguished
Service Cross for bringing back
safely a badly crippled Flying Fort
ress after a riid on Bremen Octo
ber 8, 1943 in which he and several
members of tie crew were wound
ed and the plot's head blown off
by a 20 mm Cerman shell. "Dunk"
was co-pilot lien but became pilot
on a Fortress after his 16th mis
sion. Other awards worn by Sellers
. . i i r-i. f .
are the Disiinsuisnea rijing
the Air Medal with 3 clusters, and
the Purple Heart..
"Dunk" in tie second son of
Mrs. Lollie Dmcan Sellers and
RATION
BOY KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDFNT
Inquest Clears
Driver of Blame
j grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Duncan. He's a Uuke Uni
versity graduate, Class 1936, had
a year and a half in medicine at
Johns Hopkins, enlisted in the Ar
my April, 1942, was commissioned
April, 1943, and left for service a-
broad August 1943. He finished his
combat flying in March, 1944, with
a deep penetration laid over Ger
many. The Sellers have two other sons
in Service. Dr. William Sellers is
Chief Surgeon at the U. S. Marine
Hospital, Kirkwood, Mo., and Lt.
(jg) Jack Sellers is serving aboad
a destroyer in the Atlantic.
Lt. "Dunk" Sellers reported for
duty in Florida this week. (Cut
Courtesy of Norfolk Ledger Dispatch).
BRIEFS
GASOLINE
A-10 good May 9 through Aug. 8.
SHOES
No. 1 and 2 "Airplane" Stamps
in Book III good indefinitely.
SUGAR
Stamps No. 30 and 31, Book IV,
good for 5 pounds of sugar riaei
initely. No. 40 good for 5 lb3. can
ning sugar through February 28
1945.
CANNED GOODS
Blue Stamps, Book IV, A-8
through V-8 good indefinitely.
MEATS
Red Stamps, Book IV, A-8
through T-8 good indefinitely.
U-8, V-8, W-8 good June 4. .
FUEL OIL
Period 4 and 5 coupons good
through September.
NOTICE
Every car owner must write
his license number and State in
advance on all gasoline coupons
in his possession.
Rent Control
All nersons renting, or offering
for rent, any living quarters what
soever must register each dwell
ing unit with rent control office in
their rent area.
Scout Hike
Beaufort Girl Scouts undeer the
leadership of Miss Carolyn Wheat
ly, Mrs. Reginald Moore, and Miss
Sara Potter had a hike to the old
"Black Cat" Wednesday afternoon
followed by a picnic supper.
Nominee
Chester Frazier (colored) 12
years old son of the Willie Frazier?
of Harlowe was killed at 5:30 Wred
nesday afternoon near the Gibbs
Brothers Farm by an automobile
driven by Elbert Gillikin, L'SCG,
stationed at Lenoxville, as he was
returning for duty from his home
in Otway. The boy was employed
by the Gibbs as potato picker.
Death came instantly.
An inquest was held this morn
ing at eleven o'clock at the Beau
fort Town Hall by County Coroner
A H. James. The verdict reached
was that "death came through the
operation of a car driven by Elbert
Gillikin without appearance oi
criminal negligence or intent" and
Gillikin was released from futther
hearing.
STYRON MAKES TRIP
HOME WITH C. G. ON
YACHT "WANDERER"
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SENIORS SPEAK
AT NEWPORT
COMMENCEMENT
Diplomas Presented
To 17 Seniors By
Supt. J. G. Allen
The Commencemen; exercises of
1944 began at Newport in th
school auditorium onSunday morn
ing, May 21, at eleven o'clock
when Rev. K. C. Seawright, Pas
tor of the Wildwooi and More
head Presbyterian Churches de
livered the commercement sermon.
The graduating exercises were
held in the school auditorium on
Tuesday evennig, Kay 23, at eight
o'clock.
The toy orches.ra was first or.
the program rendering a number
of selections among them "Dear
Mom," Victory Polka, and Colum
bia the Gem of tie Ocean.
Myrtle Mason delivered the val
edictory address and Eieanor Ma
son the salutatory.
Six members of the senior clas-s
gave short addresses. Jack Garner
The War and Our Community;
Barbara Sanborn The War and
Our Youth;. Dalton Rhue Tho
War and Our Sports; Annie Smith
The War and Our Religion; Al
ton HSrgins The War and Our
Schools; and Richel Gainer The
War and Our Future.
CARTERET BOYS IN
THE SERVICE
Lt. Allan O'Bryan, USN, spent
from last Friday until Wednesday
of this week visiting the N. W.
Taylors. He went from here to see
his youn,? daughter and from ther;
has hpen ordered to report to
Charleston, S. C.
Mrs. Charles Stevens has re
ceived word of the safe arrival in
Fne-land of her son Lt. Charles
Stevens.
Sgt. Roy Eubanks, USA, return'
ed over the week-end to Lakeland
Florida, after a ten-day leave
at home.
Guy Stryon BM 1-c USN, son of
Capt. Vernon Styron and who has
been in the Pacific spent several
days home this week.
Manley Styron, Baltimore anu
Reaufort. visited his parents, the
m iv Rt-vrnns of Orange Street
this week.
Styron accompanied Mr. Robert
S. Wahab of Baltimore and Ocra
coke who is visiting the Island with
a m-oun of friends and Coast Guard
Officers of Baltimore. The trip was
made by the yacht "Wanderer" as
a Training Cruise for the Coast
Guard Auxiliary.
Hon. R. Gregg Cherry received
1488 of the 1911 votes cast in th
Democratic primary on Saturday
(rw r.Avirnor of our State. This
heiaff tantamount to election, M
Cherry will undoubtedly be the
44th Governor to be elected by
the oeoole of North Carolina in the
fall election. Preceding this list of
Governors elected by the people
M. rk. fallows a lone line of
Chief Executives under the Pro
prietors, Royal Governors, and
Governors elected by the Legisla
ture in the one hundred and seventy-five
years prior to 1838.
Mrs. Jesse Metcalf has receiv:
ed word of the safe arrival of her
brother Pvt. Robert Robinson in
England.
Mr. Theodore Budd of C. E.
Budd and Company of New Jersey
is a patient man, but it takes pa
tience to raise cultivated highbush
blueberries. He planted an exper
imental five acres in Cavteret
in 1937 boasting that he would pro
duce blueberries the size of mar
bles. He made good his boast. They
are not only the size of marbles
up to three quarters of an imh in
diameter yet it took until last
year to produce berries in market
able quantities, and it will be an
other year before plants are ma
ture. Then they will be something
like six feet high and will be kept
that size by pruning. The produc
tive life of the bushes is unknown
as the industry is too new to know,
but plants dating back eighteen
years to its beginning are still go
ing strong.
According to Mr. Budd, he has a
"nice crop" this year which means
4 or 5 times as many as he had laht
year from the 35 acres to which
his field has expanded since his
first experimental planting, and
there will be a substantial increase
each year until plants are mature.
Mr. Budd says the farm here ii
still in the nature of an experi
ment. The chief difficulties to be
overcome are in connection with
the soil. The berries are very sen
sitive to soil conditions and must
have acid soil for healthy growth.
He has had and still has coopera
tion from both State and U.S De
partments of Agriculture. Exper
imental blocks are maintained in
different parts of the held wnere
soil analysis are made, deficienc
ies supplied, etc.
The Budds, originally cranber
ry people of Pemberton, N. J..
worked out blueberry farming as
a practical complement for cran
berry growing. Their cranberry
fields in New Jersey required the
services of 500 Italian laborer:;
for 6 weeks picking. Labor was
hard to get because the season
was short and pickers had to brf
housed. Budd put in 100 acres
in blueberries to utilize the labor
for longer periods. Blueberries
are harvested there from June to
August, cranberries in September
and October, and the tedious blue
berry pruning is done in winter
when cranberries are under water.
The Carteret project he says, was
undertaken with his son in mind,
but first one son and then a sec
ond entered the Service so the
management is still his with the
help of Gaston Simpson, Resident
Manager.
Budd's packing sheds on the old
New Bern Road have been enlarg
ed this year by a 70x24 foot addi
tion to take care of increased pro
duction, and a cooling room has
been added in which berries are
cooled as they come in hot from
the field. The crop reaches its
peak this week-end and continues
for several weeks. The main troub
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Lw -mi'" fcntmnvrr"''- a '.an
r..i u Allen Lane, son or
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lane of Nor.
folk, formerly of Beaufort RFD,
is serving with the U. S. Army in
England. Lane had four grandpar
ents here who are folllowing him
with interest: Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Lane and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Small
of Beaufort, RFD. .
BARDEN CALLS
FOR FIRMNESS
IN SHAPING
THE PEACE
"It It Takes Five
Thousand or a Million
Men to Police Them,
It Will be a Bargain,"
He Says
A chorus composed of a group
f Hirh school arirls under the di
rection of Miss Mildred J aylor
sang Viennese Refrain. '
After a very brief talk Supt. J.
G. Allen presented diplomas to
the seventeen members of the
senior class. Principal R. L. Pruitt
presented the various awards as
follows: C. M. Hill award of five
dollars for best all round seventh
grade student-Peggy Mann; Math
matics Medal Jason Mann; ac
tivitv Medal Dalton Rhue; Honor
Medal Rachel Garner; English
Medal Myrtle Mason; Athletic
Medal (boy) Andrew Murdoch;
Athletic Medal (girl) DfHir
ley Lashley; American Legion
(boy) Charles McCabe; American
Legion (girl) Bstty Leo Hig
.-ins: Valedictorian Medal Myr
tle Mason; Salutatorian Medal El
eanor Mason; Vocational Medal
Terry Carraway; Agricultural Med
al Leonard Gould.
Alton Higgins, class president,
pronounced the benediction,
In niw vnn pue.iseii it. is sh-l't-k'-
Lt. and Mrs. Howard Stubbs and f !.b.r- Forty pjckers were al
.work early this week but 10 peo-
pie piciujlg liuiu oo alien ji l'm.ih- .
es each ot whicn is neavy wim
thousands of berries it not a quar
ter of the number needed. l'i'les
he gets more help, he says there
will be a loss of 20 percent of thou
ripening this week.
At the peak of the season, with
proper help, Mr. Budd expects to
ship 500 to 600 crates of 1J pint
baskets daily by express and trucit
to the markets of the bvr cities o
the North and as far west as C.:.-!
cago. It's a quality fruit Jtjr a j
quality market in which the ber
ries bring an average of thirty-five
cents a. pint retail. Not only
the long period before maturity
e production, but
s t:
"The present generation has
won the blue ribbon for getting
the world into the most trouble in
the history of the world," said
Hon. Graham A. Burden in his
Memorial Day address Sunday af
ternoon at the Court House as he
censured those without enough
interest to go to the polls and ex
ercise the!r franchise. When peo
ple quit exercising their franchise,
they lay open the way for organiz
ed minorities to get to work and
too much power falls into the
hands of too few people. "But what
caused world conditions today
doesn't make much difference, we
are in it and we know there is but
one course straight through.
There is too much post war plan
ning what we need today is about
five per cent planning and ninety
five per cent effort."
Mr. Barden denounced the strik
ers and those who hold up the war
effort and take advantage of th.9
crisis for personal gain. H3 8
clared it should be "everyman'a
war."
When the War is over, we will
need not only rebuilding but re
building with firm hands ....
If I have anything to do with the
shaping of the peace, we are going
to get tough and put our heeb on
their necks. If it takes 500,000 or
a 1,000,000 men to police them, it
will be a bargain " In concl.ision
he urged, "When its all over, let's
all rise up and call for a firm, a
positive and a safe peace with
protective measures. I hope to
come back to you on another Mem
orial Day when we will be able to
look back and feel we have truly
ended wars."
State Vice Commander Tom
Kelly presided at the meeting at
which there was an interested
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young daughter, of Tracy, Cali
fornia, have been visiting Mrs.
Vera Stubbs and Mrs. Sara Hill of
Front Street.
Cpl. RonaM Longest, USA, ar
rived from Baton Rouge on Sunday
and will be here until the 12th
when he reports to P.O.R., Greens
boro. Mrs. Longest who has been
with him in Baton Rouge is with
his here but expects to go to her
home when Cpl. Longest reports to
Greensboro.
Leonard Safrit, USA, has been
transferred from FoU Custer,
Mich., and given an address in
psiie ot the fftl. iNew ioik.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in thi3
column. The figures a:e ap
proximately correct and ar;
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geod;tic Survey.
Some allowances must b'J
made for varitti.-r.' in. thj
wind ard also with riv-ct
to the locality, tint. U '.eth
er near the inlet or al the
head of the estuaries.
... i. f v. ! iheS43 an acre that it cos
,0 to her home in Watha.
Robert Herring, Radio Technic
ian of the U. S. Navy spent Wed'
nesday here with his iamily
his way to Washington, D. C.
had just returned trom 1 exas.
on
He
Leland Peterson, USA Air Ser-
a . . i r TT ITT
vice, son oi ftir. anu mra. n. i
Peterson, Pollock Street is here
on leave from Lincoln Air Field,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Bell, New
port RFD, have reecived word of
the safe arrival of their son S-Sgt.
Cecil M. Bell in Italy.
prune, and the high state of cul
tivation in which fields must bo
kept.
Pickers pick rapidly from the
huge clusters, drop the berries in
to pint baskets in trays carrying 12
each. When they are filled, men col
lect them in larger trays, take
them to the sheds where they are
graded, sealed with a cellophane
cap and seal indicating grade, and
cooled ready for shipment. In New
Jersey where plants are mature,
35 baskets can be filled from a
single bush.
Commercially, blueberry plants
are propagated by rooting cut
See BERRIES Page 10
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