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VOLUME XXXIII No. 27
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1944
10 PAGES THIS WEEK
M BOND DANCE
SAT. FEATURING
"SKUNK" ERNULS
ORCHESTRA
War Bonds Given To
Holders of Lucky
Numbers. GSO Girls
T UmtatlPC
Jaycees of Beaufort atid Mote
head City are sponsoring a War
nance at Atlantic Beach Ca
sino for Saturday evening, July 8,
f o P .. admission $1.50 per
person, featuring "Skunk" Krnul
nrl Jni ore hestra and Miss June
Tr,i,nnn. Carteret County USO,
.i v,Ui- nsn piils as hostesses
T,.;mar nhipct: to sell bonds, but
timp and nlenW of
j.,nr.in;r is assured all who atcend
Net proceeds of the dance will
be invested in War Bonds which
will go to the holders of lucky
numbers. In addition, Clyde Joens,
super-excellent bond salesman for
Carteret, will auction coveted ar
ticles contributed by merchants to
those willing to invest in Bonds.
Jaycee Committees putting the
dance across are Morehead City
Robert Hicks, George R. Wallace,
J. G. Redmond, Sam Guthrie;
Beaufort: Cecil Harrell, David
u-;.,,iw. Hpnw Hatsell. Dave
Clawson; and Mrs. J. G. Allen,
Chairman of the Woman's Depart
ment for the County is standing
behind the boys helping with arrangements.
CHARLES RICE
BURIED WED.
Bft. Boy Drowned
At Rockford, 111.
Funeral services for Pvt. Char
1p Shackell Rice who was drowned
in Rock River, near Camp Grant,
Til wa hpld from the residence
on Broad Street Wednesday after
noon rit two o'clock by the Rev
W Sranlpv Potter of Ann fctreei
Methodist Church assisted by the
Rov M. O. Alexander of the Beau
fort Baptist Church, and interment
was in saint raui s lciikici.
Rice's body was accompanica to
Reaufort bv Corporal Ed:nund
Lavey a3 military escort, and he
was buried with full military hon
ors. Members of the Coast Artil
lery from Fort Macon served as
pallbeaers and firing squad.
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
Si 'I
3 SERVICE MB
INJURED EARLY
THIS MORNING
IN ACCIDENT
6:30 Seashore Bus
Crashes Car Ahead
on Smoky Highway
The Seashore Bus leaving Beau
fort at 6:30 this morning travelling
toward New Bern crashed into a
car ahead around Camp Branch
The car which was struck in turn
jammed a third car injuring three
Service men who were occupants..
The injured men wero taken to the
Section Base where the most ser
iously hurt was said to have suf
fered a broken hip.
The fire in the area between
Cherry Point and Newport undei
control at intervals flared up again
this week making traffic dangerous.
Pockets of fog and smoke hung
over the Highway this morning.
The driver of the bus is said to
have just passed slowly through
such an area of poor visibility,
speeded up in a spot that was clear,
and slowed for another cloud of
smoke when he saw the parked car,
put on his brakes, but struck it.
RATION
BRIEFS
GASOLINE
A-10 good through Aug. 8.
SHOES
No. 1 and 2 "Airplane" Stamps
in Book III good indefinitely.
SUGAR
Stamps No. 30, 31 and 32, Book
IV, good for 5 pounds of sugar in
definitely. No. 40 good for 5 lbs.
Tannine suaar through February
28, 1945.
CANNED GOODS
Blue Stfl-.ips, Book IV, A-8
throughZ-8 and A-5 good indefi
nitely. MEATS
Red Stamps, Book IV, A-8
through Z-8 good indefinitely.
FUEL OIL
Period 4 and 5 coupons good
throuzh September. During Octo
ber unused coupons may be ex
changed at Ration Board for new
1944-45 heating season coupons.
Charles was a graduate of the
Beaufort High School, Class 1935.
In civilian life he was a fisherman.
He entered the Army at Fort
Bragg in January, 1942.
The following letter from Pri-
vntP Rice's Commanding Officer
iyives such information as the fam
ilv have received regarding his
death.:
"I wish to extend to you my
deepest sympathy in the loss of
your son Charles. As his immed
iate rnmmandine officer I knew
him quite well. He was a fine gen
tleman and a good soiuiei.
"Charles left Camp Grant on
the evening of June twenty-eighth
and went to the near-by town of
Rockford with another soldier, a'
friend of his. That night when the
other soldier was ready to return
to camp he was unable to find
Charles although he had seen him
only a short time before. He was
not located until about nine-thirty
P. M. on June 30th. His bod was
found in the Rock River which
runs through Rockford. There was
no evidence upon his body to in
dicate that he had been the victim
of foul play.
"During the time I knew him he
conducted himself in a manner to
Vinvo made anv father proud of
him. It was a privilege and an hon
or to have him in my outfit. AU of
the men who had occasion to asso
ciate with him thought very highly
of him."
After giving orders to abandon their torpedoed ship, Walter E. Reed,
Master Mariner! Merchant Marine returned amidsh.ps to th. rad.o
operator and steward through blinding flames to safety. The Distin
guished Service Medal is his, because of courage and disregard lor per.
sonal safety. We too must place the live, and hope, of our men above
all ; buy more War Bonds than ever before! p Diparfmn,
BOGUE HAVING
TROUBLE OVER
COMMUNITY HALL
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CARTERET BOYS IN
THE SERVICE
M.marPt M. Bryant, daugh
ter of MrsrMary H. Bryan, Len-
oxville Road, has been ass.gnea to
Army Transport Command, Car
neban Wing, Miami Fla.
Lt. lit;.) Charles D. Harris, Jr.
USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Harris of Marshallberg, was a
ember of the US Naval crew in me
American Assault Force wmcn l.i-
vaded Fiance. Lt. Harris ha? pre
viously seen action m North Airi
ea, Sicily and Italy.
Aviation Cadet Charles D Wil
fiordon Street, has completed
otntrp of bis flicht train
ing at the AAF primary sc.iool.
Douglas, Ga., and been transfer
red to Couhean F'eid, Macon, Ga.
FflRKT FIRE
THREATENS TOWN
No Relief in Sight
Until it Rains
PLANE CRASH
SUNDAY KILLS
USMC PILOT
Hundreds Watched
Plane as it Fell
Cadet Midshipman Neil Wind
ley, U. S. Merchant Marine, Kings
Point, N. Y., arrived Sunday to
spend a week with his parents the
B. E. Wmdleys.
MMlc Dan Saddler, USCG,
of Nofolk spent the week-end in
Beaufort with his wite.
Midshipman Macon Snowden
and Mrs. Snowden left Tuesday
for Currituck, Virginia, to visit rel
atives. From there Macon will re
turn to the Academy at Annapolis.
NOTICE
Every car owner must write
his license number and State in
advance on all gasoline coupons
in his possession.
Rent Control
ah noronnn rentincr. or offering
for rent, any living quarters what
soever must register each dwell
ing unit with rent control office in
their rent area.
Sunday between 11:30 and 12
o'clock a USMC plane from Cherry
Point flying over Beaufort and
Morehead City gave out noises in
dicating trouble and ended by
crashing back of the E. L. Cotton
farm on North River Road.
Sounds of distress were loud
enough to make members of the
congregations of the various
churches -apprehensive ana iouow
ed by the fire alarm added furth
er to their uneasiness. Immediate
ly after dismissal all those wno
had a way rushed out to investi
gate. An natonishinclv large numbet
of people from all this section saw
the plane before and as it fell. As
nn man said. "I kept watching
v,Q,.aiiP I knowed he wasn't prank
ing," yet when it fell "right over
there" authorities were some lime
finding it. t
Para tra thered auickly on oota
sides of the highway around the
old County Home on tne new
Rern Road and around tne cotton i
farm on the North River Road ,
while hundreds of people on toot
covered the territory in between
and planes circles low overhead in
the search. Many on the scene ear
ly followed smoke rising in that
general direction from smoulder
ing forest fire, but the plane was
not burned. The uilot, the only
occupant, was killed. The body
was brought in between four and
five and the plane, a mass oi twist
ed metal, went through town be
tween six and seven.
Mrs. Julian Austin was .ioti-
fioH on Mondav bv the Govern
ment that "Butch" Staff Sergeant,
USA, is back on duty alter suiier
ing slight wounds on "D" day.
Russell Jauss. S 1-c USN, sta
tioned at Brooklyn, N. Y., arrived
in Beaufort Snuday and nas oeen
the guest of Eric Moore this week.
Cpl. Gibson Sanders, Camp Sie
bert, Ala., arrived Monday morn
ing to spend a two weeks leave
with his mother, Mm. R. G. Sand
ers, Orange Street.
Fire that has been burning slow
1 for two' W eeks in the woods
o0 p Hiahwav 70 back of Beau-
COV VI "-to -
fort and has caused a cloud ot
smoke to hover over the town ioi
days flared up and threateneu
houses in that section a number of
times during the past week and ac
counted for the series of 4-5 fire
alarms on Monday and Tuesday.
Vivp hurrowinir in little tunnels
through piles of sawdust flares up
when wind comes or it strike3 dry
leaves. There seems to be no re
lief in sight until we have a hard
vain.
Monday and Tuesday houses on
Ann strpct Extension were in jeo
pardy and on Monday Mr. Charlie
Britton's house and airs, joiui
Morrison's enrasre actually caught.
Residents kept water playing on
roofs and were up all through tne
night to check the situation as the j
the smell of smoke penetrated in
side. Members of the USCG weie
on th scene also. On Tuesday the :
Department was called out twice
when houses began to smoke from
falling sparks. Back of Ann Street
some of the colored houses are
within 50 or 75 feet of the burn
ing sawdust and occupants sspeni
their time ni'ht and day nervous
ly watching their roofs for signs
of fira.
Four Carteret boys left home
for Camp in February, 1943, and
have stuck together ever since.
They entered the Army at Fort
Bragg, were sent to Camp Ed
wards, Mass., Camp Gordon John
son, Fla., then to San Francisco,
and are now sleeping in the same
harracks in Australia. Thev are
Robert Thomas Willis, Fate Jones
Jr., Cecil Ray Murphy, and Cecil
Salter.
Funeral For
Prominent Newport
Woman Sunday
Sgt. George Snooks, USA, sta
tioned at Camp McCain, Miss.,
left last week-end after spending
leave here with nis iamiiy.
Lt. Tom Hood, USA, spent Wed-1
nesday in town shaking hands
with friends.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday by Reverend Griihn of
the Freewill Baptist Church of
New Bern for Mrs. Effie Crnnon
who passed away Saturday at 3:36
p. in. at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Junius Bell, of Newport af
ter an illness of several months.
Mrs. Cannon was in her 68tii ytar.
Interment was in the Canady cem
etery, Newport, Route 1.
Mrs. Cannon was the daughter
of the late Ira and Mary Helen
Hancock and widow of the late
John Cannon, prominent farmr
of the Newport section.
Mrs. Cannon is survived by six
sons: W. Henry Cannon, J. E.
Cannon, J. T. Cannon, Charlie C.
Gannon, all of Newport, RFD, and
Willie L. Cannon who is with our
armed forces in the Pacific; three
daughters: Mrs. R. F. Anderson,
Mrs. Junius Bell, and Miss Effie
Cannon, all of Newport KFb;
three brothers: John Hancock Dink
Hancock, and Jim Hjncock, all ot
Pamlico County; and twenty grant,
children.
Question of Title
Must be Settled in
Superior Court
Says Judge Webb
Citizens of Boguc; who seldom
figure in the Court were all there
on Wednesday morning when Wal
ler B. Smith, Hub H. Smith, and
Carl B. Taylor were heard on the
charg- of forcibly entering the
home of Mr. and Mrs. t. L. Miner,
Mrs. Cora Russel and her son, Ira,
and maliciously injuring real prop
erty on June 1 1.
Defendants all of whom are cit
izens in good standing in the com
nmnitv did not deny entering the
building but claimed they had the
right to open it "to give the nurse
a place to vaccinate the children."
Their right, they claimed, was bas
on the fact that the building is
property of the community.
The whole matter concerns the
question of title to the property.
The building was put up in 1911
as the home for the Charitable
Riotherhood Lodze. If and when
it ceased to function as such or as
a school or place for public meet
ings, it was to revert to u. l,.
Holland and wife. In 1930 the
lodge was dead, so was Mr. Hol
land, and Mrs. Holland sold the
piopcrty to Mr. Harris who last
sn(fmiiw resold it to Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Miller of New Bern who
had been renting it for three
month.
Witnesses from among the twen
ty and more sworn in testified to
farm meetings being held there,
Home Demonstration Clubs, vot
ing and tax registration, and so
forth up until the time Miller
honcht it. but also testified to
tobacco being stored there in 1942-
43.
Whether the use of the building
for public purposes has been suf
ficient and of a nature to claim U
for the community under the ori
ginal deed or whether it has been
forfeited in the years since me
Lodge died is a matter which, ac
cording to Judge Webb, can be de
termined only in a Civil Term of
Snnpvior Court. The issue of
whether the three men named had
a right to open the building when
I refused entrance by Miller can on
I ly be determined then. In the mean
time .Tudsre Wrebb asked that the
community respect Miller s rights
as purchaser in good laith ot tne
property.
Only other case was thai, oi
Harold Wilton, Broad Creek charg
ed with non support of his ife
and minor child. Case was contin
ued because enough time had not
elapsed since warrant was served
to summon witnesses and prepare
the case.
Solicitor Davis, disqualified for
servir,' because of interest in the
Bogue Lodge title case, was re
placed for the morning by Attor
ney Walter Hill.
MRS. SHELWn
BURIED YED.
Member of Old
Carteret Family
Died on Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie
Davis Shelton were conducted
from St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Wednesday afternoon at lour
o'clock by Dr. Edgar Jones assist
pH v,v thp Rev. W. S. Potter oi
Ann Street Methodist Church and
the body was laid to rest in St
Paul's Cemetery.
"U Shelton was 73 years of
the daughter of Joel
ttiv. kj... - . . ,
Henry and Sarah Gibbs Ltavis anu
a member of one of the old fami
lies of Carteret County. She was
born here and spent her life here
except for a brief stay with her
uncle and aunt the uus itiegeis in
Kansas and for a period during
which she taught near Greensboro.
She was married to William fl.
Shelton who died in 1913. Mrs.
Shelton's death came early Mon
day morning following a long per
iod of ill health.
FUNERAL FOR
"CAPTAIN" CASE
SUN. AFTERNOON
Prominet Beaufort
Man Died Fri. a. m.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at four o'clock
from Ann Street Methodist Church
for "Captain" Charles E. Case by
his pastor, the Rev. W. Stanley
Potter assisted by Dr. Edgar
Jones, rector of St. Paul's Episco-
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pal Church, and the Dody was laia
to rest in St. Paul's Cemetery.
Captain Case died last Friday
morning at his home on Craven
Street after an illness of several
months. He was born in New Bern,
February 22, 1871, son of Needhani
and Mary Case. He served for
thirty-two years as conductor with
the Norfolk and Southern Railroad
on the run between here and Golds
boro. He retired from the service
in 1937.
Captain Case was married Sep
tember 22, 1911, to Miss Louiafl
Norcom who survives him. He is
u I also survived by one son, Charles
Surviving are two sisters . Mrs. c , of Norfolk: one sister,
r.,i RhruW of Charlotte. Mrs. H
H. Hamlin of Clearwater, Florida;
two nephews: Joel Davis, Harlowe,
Horace Hamlin, ban rranciscu,
and a number of cousins and Iam
iiy connections. A brother, J. Har
ry Davis died on the same uay just.
one year ago.
Airs . Hamlin, of Florida, Mrs.
George Rhodes, and Miss Frances
Rhodes of Charlotte were all here
for the funeral.
E. Case, Jr., of Norfolk; one sister,
Mrs. M. F. Orr of NorloiK, ana
two brothers, George Case and
Will Case of New Bern.
Captain Case was a member of
the Masonic Order and was buried
with Masonic rites.
MRS. DORA ARTHUR
BURIED ON SUNDAY
BABY CONTEST
WINNERS TO
BE ANNOUNCED
AT DANCE SAT.
Larry Vickers, Jr.,
Leading Ths A. M.
Finals in thp Babv War Bond
Tontpst. will be announced a3 part
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of the Beautort-iuoreneaa uy
Jaycee War Bond Dance at the At
lantic Beach Casino on Saturday
nip-bt.. Results ud to last night show
T nrrv Vickers. Jr.. leading with a
total of 16,729 votes, Jackie Rob
erts holding second place witn li,
575, and Teddie Miller, Annis Lee
Willis, and Bud Daniels holding
third, fourth, and fifth places, au
entrants to date are trom More
head City except Annie Lee Willis
who is from Atlantic.
Each of the votes represents
fwpntv-five cents invested in war
bonds or stamps, and the contest
comes to an end Saturday moaning.
It has been sponsored by the More
head City Hi-Y and Miss Cora Jos
lyn has been very active as Chair
man of the Drive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday, July 2, for Mrs. Dora
Arthur who died at .six o'clock Sat
urday at the home of llliam Hen
ry Ebron of the Crab Point sec
tion in her 69th year. Mrs. Arthur
was a widow and left no relatives.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. W. E. Anderson, pas
tor of the Freewill Baptist Church
of Morehead City, and the body
was laid to rest in the Artnur
cemetery.
Tire Thief at Work
William Lewis, Gulf Station,
had the misfortune to have ,two
new front tires of his Chevrolet
stolen last Sunday evening bet
tween 9 and 10:30 as his car was
parked in front of the old Dey
house while he saw a picture at the
Beaufort Theatre. The thief jack
ed up the car, took two 2-month
old tires, both wheels, and left it
up on blocks of wood.
Carteret FSA
Families Can
NEW POSITION
Mrs. R. D. Barnhill, Marsh
Street, has accepted an office po
sition with the Carteret County
Health Department and took up
her new duties yesterday. Mrs.
Barnhil was with the A & P Store
for somethinz over a year just
I prior to taking up her new work.
Capt. Theodore Salter, Stacy,
was among Carteret boys who
landed in Europe with our armed
forces on D-Day. His wife, the
former Rosalie Mason, Stacy, has
had reassuring letters from him
since.
Sgt. Talbert Dunn, Army Air
Corps, son of the Bob Dunns,
completed his course at Colorado
Springs, Colorado, three weeks ago,
w9 transferred to Lincoln, Ne
braska for a short period, and is
now in New ork.
bv has been advanced from the
rank of corporal to that of ser
geant, USA.
George Brooks, Jr., Camp Shel-
Sgt. John W. Gillikin, son of
Bert W. Gillikin of Orange St.,
is serving in England at one of the
Air Service Command Stations
known as Control Denots where
he has participated in a course to
bridge the gap between training
in thp states and active service.
His next assignment will be one
from which American fighting
nlanpc ta k off for Europe. Before
entering the Army, Gililkin was a
truck driver for J. Howard Smith,
Inc.
In snite of the unusual drought
in Carteret County this year, FSA
families are now canning and plan
to can large quantities of food
this summer. According to Mrs.
Jean D. Morrison, Associate FSA
Supervisor, canning is well under
way now, and the late gardens will
furnish more vegetables. The fruit
crop is generally i?ood and with
the fall canning of meat, the fami
ne.! of the Ftirm Security Admin
istration expect to be able to meet
thp coal o f 80 auai-ts for each
nerson in the home.
Mrs. Morrison states that both
(he quantity and the variety of
the canning have greatly incieas
ed fcir.ee coming on the FSA pro
gram. A few years ago 25 or 50
,,uarts for a family was consider
ed a large amount to can, and this
was mainly fruits, pickles, toma
toes, and a few beans. Now the va
rietv has been increased to include
practically all of the vegetables
grown in the garden corn, lima
heans, garden and field peas, beets,
parrots, okra. squash, soup mix
ture; also all the available fruits,
pork, beef, chickens, and seaiooa.
Knowing hew to can successful
ly brings a spring garden into the
home on the coldest day in the
winter. Demonstrations in the
most approved methods of can
ning are eiven by Mrs. Morrison
to the FSA families, both in the
use of pressure cookers and in hot
water baths. Each member of the
family is given consideration by
the mother and Mrs. Morrison is
See FSA Page 8
COUNTY BOARD
The County Board met Mon
dey in regular session with all
members presnt.
Bft. Beauticians
Now on Their Own j
""r
On Monday of this week Mrs.
Rebecca Gillikin Hooper, Marsh
allberg, and Mrs. Lillian Mason
Fulcher, Stacy, bought the More
head Beauty Salon, 1105 Arcndell
Street, which has been successful
ly operated for the past seven
years by Mrs. Walter Freeman.
"Becky" and "Lillian" are well
known here. They have been licens
ed beauticians practicing in Beau
fort for 8 and 9 years rspectively
and have made scores of iriends
through their contacts madi as
operators for Margaret's Beauty
Shop and The Ann Street Beauty
Shop.
A delegation of a dozen New
pott citizens were heard asking
that the Highway and Public
Works Commission improve the
road through the Mundine Com
munity on the Nine Foot rlou".
The Board agreed to present the
matter.
A request was also made - hat
the Commission improve the Gra
ham and Eaton Road. West More
head City, and the Board promis
ed to forward the request.
The goneral County budgei rn
the fiscal year 1941-45 was adopt
ed, and the following tax settle
ments and revaluations made : Thf
sum of $200 was accepted for tax
es due by Mrs. J. W. Brock, More
head City. Lot 15, rfq. 31; 3o0
from D. B. Willis, Morehead -iiy
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in thi.i
column. The figures are ap
lvoximately correct and ara
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geod;tic Survey.
Some allowances must b
made for variation? in the
wind and also with revect
to the locality, that is .
or near the inlet or at th-j
head of the estuaries.
HIGH
LOv
9:52 AM.
Friday, Ja'.y 7
irom u. o. m ", - p,
for taxes 1941-43; S400 accepted 10:12 P51.
3:53
3:54
AM.
I'M.
in tnv aiHnstmeiit on Levi Keller
property, Straits; $100 from Grov
er Willis, Atlantic, for taxes for
1943 and prior. Tax valuations
werea djusted for Spencer Lassi
ter, Sea Level, and the Z. J. Tay
lor heirs. Sea Level. Mr. cnappeu
and Mr. Pelletier were named tt
investigate valuation of property
value of Walter Whitley, Morehead
City.
Breweries in Panama are said to
be improving 'cornflakes from the
United States as a suDswuie
rice in brewing beer. The supply of
rice, a chief item in the diet of
workers, is reported short.
;.hirliliv. Julv 8
10:40 AM. 4:40 AM.
11:01 PM. 4:4(5 PM.
Sunday, July 9
11 -39 AM 5:23 AM.
n;54 PM; 5:40 PM.
Monday, July 10
. 6:19 AM.
12:27 PM. 6:38 PM.
Tuetday, July 11
12:49 AM. 7:10 AM.
1:24 FM. 7:40 PM.
Wednesday, July 12
1:46 AM. 8:06 AM.
2:25 PM. 8:46 PM.
Thursday, July 13
2:46 AM. 9:04 AM.
3:28 PM. 954 PM.