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VOLUME XXXIII No. 44
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1944 12 PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
OFFICERS HEAR
FBI AGENTS
AT MEETING IN
MOREHEAD CITY
Exhibition of Judo
By Miami FBI Agent
Special FBI Agent Roy L. Mor
gan of Charlotte spoke last Thurs
day on "Arrests, searches, and
seizures" before a meeting of law
enfrocement officers of Carteret
and surrounding counties and rep
resentatives from the Offices of
Provost Marshalls at Cherry Point
and Camp Lejeune held in the aud
itorium of the Citv Hall, Moreheao
City.
W. G. Kimbrough of the Miami
FBI Office gave a most enterUin
and instructive exhibition of iudo
and other defensive tactics which
in the words of one of the officers
was "all new stuff."
These law enforcement confer
ences are held over North Carolina
and South Carolina by the FBI
three times a year, but last Thurs
day was the first time that Car
teret County has been host to the
group.
Chief E. J. Willis, of the More-
head City Police Department,
made arrangements for the meet
ing and planned the program with
the help of Edward Scheidt, Spec
ial Agent in Charge of the Char
lotte Office.
Mr. Alvah Hamilton welcimed
the guests including all the High
way Patrolmen and many local
enforcement officers from th
communities in the District with
probably the laivrest representa
tion from Washington and New
Bern.
Light Docket For
Recorders Court
Horace Jones one of the fo.ur
boys who had a cat and dog fight
outside Alton Willis' store on
"The Island" Saturday night. Sep
tember 16, and wa3 given a 90
day suspended sentence upon con
dition of good behavior for two
years and payment of costs, ap
peared before Judge Webb again
on Tuesday morning for trespass
ing on the premises of Alton
Willis, "cussing" and breaking
the peace on the night of October
27. Jones on his own testimony
had been drinking beer and wine.
Earlier in the day, he had been in
Beaufort and was sent away from
the Carteret Fish Company be
cause he had been drinking. More over,
he has never paid costs for
the September conviction.
Horace was found guilty of the
new offense for which he was giv
en a 90-day jail sentence and
Judge Webb set aside his suspend
ed sentence of 90-days for his of fense
in September. He is to serve
the two sentences concurrently.
The case of Garfield Suees
(colored), Beaufort, charged with
trespass was contniued for two
weeks because the warrant was
not issued until Tuesday mornim;
allowing no time to secure legal
advice. T. S. Dixon (white).
Morehead City, charged with fail
ure to turn on the citv water or
to allow his tenant to turn it on
was continued for additional wit
nesses.
Other cases were the general
run of traffic iolators.
BROWBEATING
MR. WILLIAMS
GIVES PROGRAM
FOR ROTARIANS
Four New Members
Initiated Tuesday
Harold J. Humm of the Duke
Marine Laboratory, George Hunt
ley, Jr., of Huntley Hardware,
Charles Hassell of the Beaufort
Post Office, Orville Davis of Davis
Fish Company and Lockwood Phil
lips of The Beaufort News were
admitted to membership in the
Beaufort Rotary Club in impres
sive ceremonies at the reeular
weekly dinner meeting of the club
last Tuesday evening at the Inlet
Inn.
N. F. Eure, Vice-President of
the club, outlined the history of
Rotary and told the new members
that the foundation of Rotarv In
ternational can be summed up in
the one word, service.
Following the admission of new
members, R. M. Williams, Rotari
an and County Agent, showed
sound color movies depicting the
natural wonders of North Caroli
na. In one of the scenes, taken at
Ocracoke, a group of bathers in
cluded Aycock Brown, a former
editor of The News.
To James B. Canady, President,
w'ent lusty acclaim for the dinner
of Smithfield ham with trimmings
which he planned alone and unaid
ed. It was noted that, on Wednes
day morning, Rotarians were
found in great numbers in the A
& P store examining the condition
of the shelves to determine how
much of this and that had sudden
ly disappeared.
CARTERET BOYS IN
THE SERVICE
Honors have come to the sons
of Dr. and Mrs. Edgar S. Weaver,
Wilson, formerly of Beaufort,
who are serving their country: S
Sgt. Edgar Weaver, Jr., has been
awarded the Air Medal for "meri
torious achievement" while partic
ipating in aerial flight in the South
west Pacific from October 15. 1943
to January, 1944. "These flights"
according to his Commanding Of
ficers "include bombing missions
against enemy installations, ship
ping, and supply bases."
Limitations On
Absentee Ballots
F. R. Seerey, Chairman of the
Board of Elections, announces
that applications for absentee bal
lots cannot be received after Sat
urday afternoon, November 4, ex
cept in case of illness, and the
person applying must have become
ill between Saturday, November 4,
and noon on Tuesday, November
7.
APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED
OF MRS. MARTHA LOFTIN
The State Hospital Association,
Inc., of Tarboro, N. C, has an
nounced the appointment of Mrs.
Martha Loftin of Beaufort as Car
teret County representative of the
Association which offers hospitali
zation and surgical benefits for its
members at a minimum cost.
Mrs. Loftin is well nualified for
her added responsibility not only
by her business experience but al
so by her sustained interest in the
subject of health. Mrs. Loftin is
Chairman of the Tuberculosis
Seal Sale. An advertisement else
where explains the State Hospital
Association in more detail.
No gold star for Beaufort's re
sponse to the paper salvage drive
for last Sunday! After two pret
ty good weeks, Sunday s couec-1
tion dropped to a low of 400 1
pounds. According lo one ex- '
pcrienced collector, about on: in
twenty responded, the other nine
teen failed to make any response
In other words about five per
cent of the homes worked with
the boys, ninety-five per cent ap
parently didn't worry their heads
about it. Jaycees net a small a-1
mount from the .aiv.ge Carteret Has Quiet
ttiv ma fnr nvir nurnaipl hut i
could raise that sum more easily Campaign VithoUt
another way they are doing it Be- l". 1 f .
cause of the country's acute need OlltlCal J ratOry
of paper and its your country
too.
Tec. 5 Reginald A. Weaver
("ground puppy") received offic
ial commendation for valuable ser
vice which "resulted in the appre
hension and conviction of an in
dividual guilty of the theft and
smuggling of a quantity of arm,3
and ammunition into the Republic
of Panama. Because of the inter
national aspect of thep lot, the
prompt apprehension of the crim
inal and "recovery of the weapons
further cemented the friendly re
lations between the two countries.
CARNIVAL LAST
FRIDAY NIGHT
HUGE SUCCESS
Prizes Awarded
Stanley Potter
And Ann and
Jean Hopkins
Pvt. Jack Allen. USA. recently
stationed at Scott Field. 111., was
in Beaufort at the end of the
week visiting his father, Supt. J.
G. Allen. He left on Saturoday for
Sarasota, Fla., to visit his mother
and Jimmie and from there reports
for duty at Drew Field, Florida.
Carl B. Daniels, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland Daniels of Roe,
has been promoted from the rank
of corporal to sergeant, USA. Sgt.
Daniels is serving with our forces
in France.
Mrs. Grayden played the piano
accompaniment for the uiany
songs.
CHAIRMAN DAVI
EXPECTS GOOD
VOTE TUESDAY
If you've repented under this
mild browbeating, get out your
old newspapers and magazines and
cardboard boxes, stack them neat
ly and tie securely and either put
them on the porch next Sunday
by 1:30 or if you want to go a
step further to help, put them on
the curb in time for the 1:30 collection.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
County Infantile
Group Meet for
Reorganization
Members of the Infantile Par
alysis Committee mot Mondav ev
ening in the offices of the County
Health Department for reorganiza
tion according to instructions
from the National Foundation su
perceding those under which the
organization has been working
vhr p:ist.
Hie fiscal year will be changed
from September to May. A torn-r-'-rnry
E:i-cu.'ivo Committco was
t-1'.vU'il to serve until t.e d;ite of
the mx! general election of which
, Gtay.ion M. Paul is Chairman
ANN ST. METIODIST CHURCH ! r"'- R- K- Oliver, Secretary, James
I Davis, Treasurer. Other members
of the Committee are Stanley
Rev,
9:30 A,
11:00 A.
Sermon.
Subject: The Hard Life
Best Life.
D.
Edgar Jones. Ph.
M. Church Sohoo
M. Holy Communion and
The
k W. Stanley Potter, Minister
9:45 AM. Church School,
11:00 AM. Holy Communion
6:00 PM. Juniors.
6:30 PM. Intermediates
6:45 PM. Seniors, young peo
ple. 7:30 PM. Evening Worship
"This is the Church"
The Board of Stewards met
Tuesday evening at the home cf
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Barbour.
The Stewards and others will
call on you Sunday afternoon be
ginning at 1:30. They will give
you your envelopes for the new
year. Kindly stay at home until
they call.
Worship with us next Sunday.
The Friendly Church With a
Welcome For You
BEAUFORT BAPTIST CHURCH
M. O. Alexander, Pastor
C. M. Paul, Sunday School Supt.
Sunday School 9:45 AM.
Morning Worship 11:00 AM.
B. T. Ua 6:30 PM.
Evening Worship 7:30 PM.
The Hour of Power Wed 7:30 PM.
Woodland and Mrs. W. I. Loftin
A Medical Advisory Committee
was named for consultation in re
gard to expenditures: Dr. L. W.
Moore, Beaufort. Dr. Ben F. Roy
al, Moreehad City, and Dr. Man
ley Mason, Newport, with Dr. Ol
iver serving as an ex-officio member.
METHODISTS TO
OBSERVE WORLD
COMMUNITY DAY
Friday, November 3. World
Community Day will be observed
at Ann Street Methodist Church
att hrae o'clock in a service spon
sored by the Womans Society for
Christian Service with the subject
for the afternoon: "The Price of
Endring Peace."
World Community Day which i)
to become an annual event was
observed for the first time lasc
year. It is a movement in which
Christians of all denominations
are taking part.
Within the next week one of
the most important national elec
tions in the history of our Coun
try will be in the past, and the
leadership of our State and Na
tion will have been settled.
There has been absolutely no
political oratory in Carteret. Tht
campaign has been one largely of
button wearing and quiet work
by local politicians. The gravity
of the situation, however, should
call out every one of our 7,000
registered voters. Fifteen hundred
of these are in the Service, and
some indication ot their response
can already be seen. If absentee
ballots continue to come in fit the
present rate of about ten a day,
scarcely a third of these men and
women will have registered a vote.
Itvin W, Davis, Chairman of
the Carteret County Democrats,
expressed himself today as feel-
! i::g very secure as to the outcome,
but he and his fellow democrats
! have boon busy visiting the vot
ing precincts of the county in an
effort to get as many out to tht
polls as possible on next Tues
day to offset the loss of votes he
cause cf the absence cf voters i;1
;!.t- Service and in defense work.
Mr. Davis who is in closer touch
with the situation throughout the
County than any other one person
says, providing the weather is
good, he feels there will be a good
vote although not up to that of
the two preceeding national elec
tions when nearly 6,000 votes
were cast.
Chairman Davis as leader of tht
Democrats explains that the num
ber of votes which Carteret Coun
ty has in the State Democratic
Convention is based on the votes
cast for Governor here in the
preceding election: a heavy vote,
and we have more influence in the
Convention; a light vote, less in
fluence. This gives him the two
fold motive for calling on voters
of the county to bestir themselv
es on Tuesday : He wants the vote
to be as representative as pos
sible, and he feels it is to the ad
vantage of the County to have as
much influence as oossible in the
next State Convention.
Howard Lee, USA, about whom
his family have felt some anxiety
because of letters returned, is in
Holland at Army Headquarters
according to a letter Received at.
iho end of the week. His wife, the
xuituci' Eviii Alcxaicisr. and his
twin daughters 've iiak'.n'g''lheii
home here with her parents, the
M. O. Alexanders.
Glenn B. Willis, Transportation
Corps, now stationed at the Char
leston Port of Embarkation, has
been promoted from the rank of
second lieutenant to fiirst lieuten
ant, USA. Lt. Willis attended the
Atlantic High School and the Uni
versity at Chapel Hill. Prior to en
tering the Army in July, 1943, he
served for more than eleven years
with the Coast Guard. He and his
family make their home on Ann
Street. Glenn, Jr., stationed at
Pearl Harbor has just been advanc
ed to seaman first class. USN.
See SERVICE Page 8
The Halloween Carnival ut the
Beaufort School Gymnasium last
week proved a tremendous success
in every way. Proceeds probably
exceeded those of any previous
Carnival and everyone present
had a big time.
The Julges: Miss Marie Sawyer,
Mrs. K. W. Taylor, and Mr. Eric
Glenn found it a matter calling
for considerable thought to decidu
on the funniest costume. Time af
ter time the group had to pass in
review before prices were award
ed to young Stanley Potter as a
tramp and Ann and Jean Hopkins
as witches.
Cake raffled off by the pri
mary and elementary grades prov
ed extremely profitable: The first,
grade cake made by Mrs. Ed Pot
ter was won by Key Thomas Car
raway; the second grade cake
made by Mrs. Robert Safrit, Jr.,
and Mrs. Gherman Holland was
won by Miss Romaine Scott; the
third grade cake of Mrs. Webs
ter Willis went to Mrs. Woodrow
Fodrie; the fourth grade cake of
Mrs. Ben Jones to Mrs, Luther
Gillikin ; the fifth grade cake made
by Mrs. William Willis to Mrs.
Delight Thomas; the sixth grade
cake of Mrs. Alexander Lewis to
Mrs. Stella Gabriel: the seventh
grade cake of Mrs. Halsey Paul to
Kenneth Willis and the seventh
grade cake of Mrs. I. N. Moore to
Letitia House.
The Committee in charge wish
to express appreciation to all
those who gave prizes to make the
contests attractive and especiallj
to Mrs. Willie Loftin, Mrs. Otis
Willis, and Mrs. Ja-.k Chadvvick
for assuming responsibility for
the Bingo prizes.
Proceeds of the Carnival always
go to rdd to the school those lit
tle things which make for a bettei
school but for which provision is
not made in the regular school
budget.
ANNOUNCEMENT
1944-45 Minutes of
Atlantic Assn. To
Be Dedicated to
M. Leslie Davis
At the two day meeting of the
Atlantic Baptist Association in
New Bern last week, the Rev, T,
W. Fryer of New Bern was elect
ed as Moderator for the new year.
Mr. Leslie Davis who retires this
year has served the Association as
Moderator for thirty-one years.
According to Dr. John H. Bunn,
Clerk of the Association, the
group voted last week to dedicate
the 1944-45 Minutes to Mr. Da-
v;s as a tribute to his valuable and
The circulation of The Beaufort
News has risen 38.6 since 1942.
The Printing and Publishing Div
ision of the War Production Board.
in a drastic yet necessary move to
conserve newsprint, has ordered
smail daily newspapers and week
ly newspapers (those using less
than 100 tons of newsprint annu
ally) to abide by the same rule j faithful service to the Church and
applying to larger users of news- j the Association. The publication
print, i. e., use no more newsprint I will cany his picture on the front's
in following months than in the j piece and a sketch of his life and
corresponding months of I. 5 12. j contribution to his Church.
During the past several v. cel ! -
we have tried to obey the rule bul j FUNERAL FRIDAY FOR
our obeyance, despite economies j KUNEYCUTT INFANT
as drastic as tile rula itself, has .
been so dangerously clou lo the i I.uthir Franklin Honevcut: in
l;ne that now wc are forced tc j fant son of Chaplain and Mr.:.
ptHl
WAR BONDS
rnss on to you some of the
Production Bo&rd's p.-esjjre.
The Beaufort Mows eniovs ar
extensive and large home delivery
and street stand sals. Naturally
the sale fluctuates from week to
week, sometimes because of
weather, sometimes because of
"news breaks." It is this fluctua
tion, to resort to slang, which has
put us behind the eight ball. We
can meet the depth of the fluctua
tion what we think of as normal
home delivery and street stand
sale but we can not continue to
meet the peaks of the fluctuation
which, recently, have looked like
the summit of Mount Mitchell.
Thu-s, beginning on next Thurs
day, November 9, the home deliv
ered and street stand price of The
Beaufort News will be seven sent;
a copy. To offset loss to home de
livery carriers and to the street
stands The Beaufort News is pass
ing on share of the increase to
them. The out-of-the countv year
ly subscription price likewise will
move upward from $2.00 to $2.50.
The in-county annual subscrip
tion price will remain station ary
at $2 and annual mail subscrip
tions of Carteret County men and
women in the armed services,
will remain at $1.50.
$1.50.
War ! Jerome Ilunoycutt of Morohead
City passed away Wodne:-dj,- af
ternoon at Morehiad Citv II n:t
al from pneumonia.
Funeral services will be con
diu-U-d Friday at three o'clock
from Franklin Memorial Church
of which Mr. Huneycutt wa.i pas
tor, together with other churches
of the County, before he entered
the Service. Chaplain Humyeutt
arrived this morning from For:
Dever.s, Mass.
Julius Willis, USN,
Tells About D-day-coxswain
Julius Willis, Amphi
bious Forces, USN, son of the
"Dude" Willises of Live Oak
Street is back home on a 30 day
leave wearing a campaign ribbon
with two stars showine participa
tion in the Invasion of both North
ern and Southern France. He's
the first boy we have seen who
crosed the Channel on that soiemr
morning when our church bells
told us on D-day, and we made him
sit down and talk.
Julius had the experience cross
ing on an LST (landship ship,
tanks) no fragile craft at that.
It is 327 feet long and as big as a
medium freighter and larger than.
a destroyer. He based at Englana i
from which as the Invasion forces
crossed the Channel- and appvroach
ed the French beach on D-dav his
LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, per
sonnel) was lowered and taken to
the shore first with men. latei
with supplies. Each LCVP had
four Navy personnel and thirty
six soldiers. It was when the LCVP
was lowered that Julius as cox
swain took over. Julius' craft went
in on the "third wave" (7 to 11
LCVP constitute a "wave") but
when he got there, the beacn was
"still pretty hot."
Julius, like everyone else was in
suspense about D-day but says
then they "loaded up at Fal
mouth" they had a pretty good
idea of what was up," and the boys
wanted to "get goin' "
On return trips to the LST, the
LCVP brought in wounded and
prisoners. "How did the prison
ers impress you?" "Kind of flop
py and poor as if they hadn't had
much to eat for a lone- time.
They wouldn't talk much and kept
mostly to themselves some
were glad, some stubborn . . , We
just gave them Bpoons to eat witr
.... About one in each bunch
could speak English . . . The
guys all got around them asking
for souvenirs and stuff . . They
certainly appreciated what our
Pharmacist Mates did for them.
The wounded were cared for just
like our own boys . . . when we
got to England, the English took
over and they were taken away
on trucks, but they had the im
pression that we were going to
take them to the States and didn't
want to stop."
On the 19th of June, Julius'
LST was mined and sunk at Cher
bourg. He says he swam forty
five minutes without a life belt
before being picked up by a small
boat and taken to a transport. Ev
erything was lost including treas
ured souvenirs. Aboard the trans
port, Julius found Harold Daniels,
lieutenant, USCG, of Cedar Islano
who saw that he was outfitted and
put on another LST for England.
Things had been happening
so fast that it was not Until he
got back in a survivor's camp in
England that he had time to think
it over. i ,
The home trip from England to
Boston took 20 days LST'S
are not designed for speed. One
hundred and thirty men were to
gether all headed for home and
with not a great deal to do so
they got pretty well acquainted
during those days. They passed
by our coast twenty miles off Hat
tents, but it was some days jater
before they disembarked at Bos
ton, and he arrived home.
NEWPORT PTA
CARNIVAL AND
DANCE HAS
RECORD SUCCESS
Eleanor Rhodes
Crowned Queen
On Friday Evening, October 27,
at the Newport Gymnasium the
P. T. A. sponsored a Halloween
Carnival and dance.
Sammy Guthrie's Orchestra fur
nished music with Harry Wright,
volacist.
A popularity contest brought
in more than two -thirds of the pro
ceeds which exceeded $980.00.
Bingo was the next biggest event
of the evening. Prizes for bingo
were donated by merchants and
people from New Bern, Cherry
Point, Morehead City, Beaufort,
and Newport.
The crowning of Miss Eleanor
Rhodes as queen made a very pic
turesque scene. Miss Lucille Kirk
from Cherry Point was second in
the contest with only a few votes
less than Eleanor, '
The faithfulness ariJl good work
of the pupils in Newport School
are responsible for the success
of the Carnival.
Corporate Changes
The editorial column masthead
of The Beaufort News today car
ries two names in addition to those
of Miss Amy Muse, Editor, and
illiam L. Hatsell, Business Man
ager. A change in the corporate
structure of The Beaufort News is
also noted there, The Carteret
Publishing Company having suc
ceeded The Beaufort Publishing "
Company as owner of The Beau
fort News.
Officers of the new corporation
are Lockwood Phillips, President;
William L. Hatsell, Vice -President;
Mrs. Eleanore Dear Phillips. Sec
retary and Treasurer.
Larger Quarters
For Health Dept.
Carteret County Health Depart
Offices are being enlarged. Ham
mering is going on night and day
and by the end of the week addi
tional storage rooms and waiting
rooms are expected to be ready
enlarging the space used by the
Department by something like a
third.
EANK CLOSING
Members of Health
Department Attend
Meeting in Raleigh
Dr. Robert K. Oliver. Miss Jo
sephine Sykes. Miss Etta Leonard.
Miss aKthrine Kidder, and Albert
Fulford of the Carteret County
Health Department were in Ral
eigh on Tuesday and Wednesday
cf this week attending the two
day Annual Convention of the
North Carolina Health Associa
tion at the Sir Walter.
The Firt.t Citizens Bank and
Trust Company will be closed en
Tuesday, November 7, Election
Day.
Applications For
Wilt Resistant
Tobacco Seed to be
In by November 8
Methodists Ask For
Mr. Potters Return
The annual Conference of the
Methodist Church will be in ses
sion in Raleigh next week. Dele
gates and members cf the OiTicial
Board of Ann Street Methodist
Church will attend and ask Bis
hop W. W. Peele to return the
Rev. W. Stanley Potter to the
Beaufort Church for another veai.
our War Bond
investment Is
Your Investment
In America
All tobacco producers win ,:.v
been troubled with granvilie wi!
disease and who would like to nui
chase wilt resistant s.'td are ask
ed to leturn their applications to
ihe county agent's office by Wed
nesday November 8 th. An order
will le placed immediately lifter
the above Mentioned date for
these seed.
The Oxford 26 variety has been
bred up to be resistant to the
granvilie wilt disease. It is far su
perior to any of our original wil
suseeptible varieties when grown
on soils that have the wilt. The
Oxford 26 variety is being releas
ed this year for that first time.
We are not recommendine the use
of this variety on soils that are not
infected with the wilt disease.
The development of this varie
ty of tobacco will be worth many
thousands of dollars to the farm
ers of Carteret County states R.
M. Williams.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to th? tidj
at Beaufort is giver, i" '&.
column. The figures a:e ap
proximately correct and
based on tables fo:ni.-shed b'
t'.ie U. S. Geo J t:c Survey
Some allowances r.iusi
made for v;v. b. 1' c
wind n d .'') wit' i ;
o the !(t"r:;y, that is
or nea.- fh.1 in'.et or ;.t t;i-
head of the cstuar';".
HIGH
LO
Friday, Nov. 3
11:00 4:S8 AM.
11:18 PM. E:27 PM.
Saturday, Nov. 4
11:48 AM. 5:26 AM.
6:17 PM.
Sunday, Nov. 5
2:10 AM. 6:15 AM.
12:38 PM. 7:11 PM.
Monday, Nov. 6
1:04 AM. 7:08 AM
1:30 PM. 8:05 PM.
Tuesday, Nov. 7
Election Day
2:02 AM. 8:08 AM.
2:27 PM. 9:04 PM.
Wednesday, Nor. 8
3:06 AM. 9:13 AM.
3:27 PM. 10:02 Pit.
Thursday, Not. 9
4:08 AM. 10:19 AM.
4:26 PM. 10:53 PM.
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